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Horia Sima

1907 - 1993

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Horia Sima (3 July 1906 – 25 May 1993) was a Romanian fascist politician, best known as the second and last leader of the fascist paramilitary movement known as the Iron Guard (also known as the Legion of the Archangel Michael). Sima was also the Vice President of the Council of Ministers and de facto co-leader in Ion Antonescu's National Legionary State. Sima had previously served briefly as State Secretary of Education under Gheorghe Tătărescu in 1940, and as a short-lived Minister of Religion and Arts in the government of Ion Gigurtu. In January 1941, Sima initiated and led the Legionnaires' Rebellion against Conducător Ion Antonescu and the Romanian Army, for which he was sentenced to death, as well as the Bucharest pogrom, the largest and most violent pogrom against Jews in the history of Muntenia. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Horia Sima is the 4,997th most popular politician (down from 4,964th in 2019), the 86th most popular biography from Romania and the 40th most popular Romanian Politician.

Horia Sima was a Romanian communist politician who served as the first president of Romania from 1947 to 1954. He was the leader of the Romanian Communist Party and is most famous for his role in the Romanian Revolution of 1989.

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Among politicians, Horia Sima ranks 4,997 out of 19,576. Before him are Lucius Antonius Saturninus, Prithviraj Chauhan, Ram Chandra Poudel, Pierre Mauroy, Erwin Piscator, and Chandragupta II. After him are Sweyn Haakonsson, Tervel of Bulgaria, René Préval, Ivo Josipović, Mesud I, and Eumenes I.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Horia Sima ranks 73. Before him are Shiro Teshima, Benjamin Sheares, Junji Nishikawa, Yoshiko Kawashima, Ramon Magsaysay, and H. L. A. Hart. After him are Leonor Fini, Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, Giovanni Ferrari, Hans Martin Sutermeister, Daigoro Kondo, and Albert Gore Sr.. Among people deceased in 1993, Horia Sima ranks 44. Before him are Jean Negulesco, Cesar Chavez, W. Edwards Deming, Pat Nixon, Masahiko Kimura, and Stewart Granger. After him are Muhammad Khan Junejo, Kakuei Tanaka, Hans Baur, György Sárosi, Helen Hayes, and River Phoenix.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Horia Sima ranks 86 out of 844. Before him are Stephen Bocskai (1557), Petru Groza (1884), Artur Phleps (1881), Dinu Lipatti (1917), Peter Mogila (1596), and Mihnea cel Rău (1462). After him are Fritz Klein (1888), Dositej Obradović (1742), Michael Cretu (1957), Countess Claudine Rhédey von Kis-Rhéde (1812), Anghel Iordănescu (1950), and László Bölöni (1953).

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Among POLITICIANS In Romania

Among politicians born in Romania, Horia Sima ranks 40. Before him are György Dózsa (1470), Nicu Ceaușescu (1951), László Rajk (1909), Stephen Bocskai (1557), Petru Groza (1884), and Mihnea cel Rău (1462). After him are Countess Claudine Rhédey von Kis-Rhéde (1812), Nicolae Iorga (1871), László Tőkés (1952), Pertevniyal Sultan (1812), Ion Gheorghe Maurer (1902), and Michael I Apafi (1632).

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