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Imre Nagy

1896 - 1958

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Imre Nagy ( IM-rə NOJ; Hungarian: [ˈnɒɟ ˈimrɛ]; 7 June 1896 – 16 June 1958) was a Hungarian communist politician who served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers (de facto Prime Minister) of the Hungarian People's Republic from 1953 to 1955. In 1956 Nagy became leader of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 against the Soviet-backed government, for which he was sentenced to death and executed two years later. He was not related to previous agrarianist Prime Minister Ferenc Nagy. Born to a peasant family, Nagy was apprenticed as a locksmith before being drafted in World War I. Nagy was a committed communist from soon after the Russian Revolution, and through the 1920s he engaged in underground party activity in Hungary. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Imre Nagy is the 647th most popular politician (down from 468th in 2019), the 19th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 14th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Hungarian Politician.

Imre Nagy was a Hungarian politician who was the Prime Minister of Hungary for a few months in 1953. He was most famous for his involvement in the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, where he attempted to create a democracy in Hungary.

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Among politicians, Imre Nagy ranks 647 out of 19,576. Before him are Ivar the Boneless, Maria Carolina of Austria, Irene of Athens, Turhan Hatice Sultan, Franz von Papen, and Valerian. After him are Robert Schuman, Faisal I of Iraq, Olaf Scholz, Abdülaziz, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, and James Monroe.

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Among people born in 1896, Imre Nagy ranks 7. Before him are F. Scott Fitzgerald, Wallis Simpson, Jean Piaget, Georgy Zhukov, Lev Vygotsky, and André Breton. After him are A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Tristan Tzara, Roman Jakobson, Antonin Artaud, Gerty Cori, and Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa. Among people deceased in 1958, Imre Nagy ranks 4. Before him are Pope Pius XII, Rosalind Franklin, and Wolfgang Pauli. After him are Roger Martin du Gard, Frédéric Joliot-Curie, Kurt Alder, Tyrone Power, Faisal II of Iraq, Clinton Davisson, Ernest Lawrence, and John B. Watson.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Imre Nagy ranks 19 out of 1,077. Before him are Miklós Horthy (1868), Harry Houdini (1874), Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria (1868), Louis I of Hungary (1326), Leo Szilard (1898), and Imre Kertész (1929). After him are Edward Teller (1908), Árpád (845), Franz Lehár (1870), John Zápolya (1487), Robert Capa (1913), and Edgar Ætheling (1051).

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Among POLITICIANS In Hungary

Among politicians born in Hungary, Imre Nagy ranks 8. Before him are Louis II of Hungary (1506), Stephen I of Hungary (975), Matthias Corvinus (1443), Miklós Horthy (1868), Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria (1868), and Louis I of Hungary (1326). After him are Árpád (845), John Zápolya (1487), Jadwiga of Poland (1374), Ladislaus the Posthumous (1440), Andrew II of Hungary (1175), and Viktor Orbán (1963).

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