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Jakub Berman

1901 - 1984

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Jakub Berman (23 December 1901 – 10 April 1984) was a Polish communist politician. An activist during the Second Polish Republic, in post-war communist Poland he was a member of the Politburo of the Polish Workers' Party (PPR) and then of the Polish United Workers' Party (PZPR). From 1948, he was considered the second most powerful politician in Poland after President Bolesław Bierut, until he was removed from power in 1956, following Bierut's death. Alongside Bierut, Berman was responsible for party oversight of the Stalinist Ministry of Public Security, commonly known as the "UB". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jakub Berman is the 14,516th most popular politician (down from 13,736th in 2019), the 964th most popular biography from Poland (down from 914th in 2019) and the 212th most popular Polish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jakub Berman ranks 14,516 out of 19,576Before him are Alejandro Maldonado, Philip Hammond, Jean Asselborn, Ünal Üstel, Johanna Magdalena of Saxe-Altenburg, and Wálter Guevara. After him are Miguel Ángel Revilla, Maura Healey, Eugene Burton Ely, Zidanta II, Ali Treki, and Keith Rowley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Jakub Berman ranks 244Before him are Norah Borges, Nora Gregor, Ramón J. Sender, George Vernot, Otto Kaiser, and Gaston Waringhien. After him are Rudolf Wetzer, Ivar Lo-Johansson, Suzanne Lilar, Pedro Benítez, René Dubos, and James Dunn. Among people deceased in 1984, Jakub Berman ranks 174Before him are Max Newman, Manuel Alonso Areizaga, Arkhip Lyulka, Isaak Kikoin, Elizabeth Goudge, and Diana Dors. After him are Marcel Moyse, Klavdiya Shulzhenko, Alice Neel, Rambai Barni, Yuri Vizbor, and Anders Haugen.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Jakub Berman ranks 964 out of 1,694Before him are Jerzy Kulej (1940), Michał Heller (1936), Erich Mende (1916), Wojciech Fibak (1952), Heinrich Göppert (1800), and Franciszek Smuda (1948). After him are Zygmunt Noskowski (1846), Daniel Harrwitz (1823), Jakub Wujek (1541), Eugene Lazowski (1913), Johannes Thiele (1865), and Bogusław Linda (1952).

Among POLITICIANS In Poland

Among politicians born in Poland, Jakub Berman ranks 212Before him are Bogdan Borusewicz (1949), Andrzej Bartkowiak (1950), Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz (1950), Duke Eugen of Württemberg (1820), Erich Mende (1916), and Wojciech Fibak (1952). After him are Pranas Dovydaitis (1886), Edward Babiuch (1927), Lothar Bolz (1903), Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz (1959), Halszka Osmólska (1930), and Andrzej Lepper (1954).