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János Kádár

1912 - 1989

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János József Kádár (; Hungarian: [ˈjaːnoʃ ˈkaːdaːr]; né Czermanik; 26 May 1912 – 6 July 1989) was a Hungarian Communist leader and the General Secretary of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party, a position he held for 32 years. Declining health led to his retirement in 1988, and he died in 1989 after being hospitalized for pneumonia. Kádár was born in Fiume in poverty to a single mother. After living in the countryside for some years, Kádár and his mother moved to Budapest. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. János Kádár is the 1,182nd most popular politician (down from 895th in 2019), the 9th most popular biography from Croatia (down from 8th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Croatian Politician.

János Kádár was the General Secretary of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party from 1956 to 1988. He is most famous for his role in the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 and the suppression of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, János Kádár ranks 1,182 out of 19,576. Before him are Viktor Orbán, Abdullah I of Jordan, Marie Louise d’Orléans, Dagobert I, Balbinus, and Abel, King of Denmark. After him are Charles I of Hungary, Berke, William Howard Taft, Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester, Marcian, and Chandragupta I.

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Among people born in 1912, János Kádár ranks 17. Before him are Mary Anne MacLeod Trump, John Cage, Raoul Wallenberg, Clara Petacci, Alfredo Stroessner, and Khalid of Saudi Arabia. After him are Millvina Dean, Carlo Ponti, Jorge Amado, Gene Kelly, Konrad Emil Bloch, and Alois Brunner. Among people deceased in 1989, János Kádár ranks 17. Before him are Sergio Leone, Zita of Bourbon-Parma, Andrei Sakharov, George Beadle, Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein, and Elena Ceaușescu. After him are Andrei Gromyko, Lee Van Cleef, Bette Davis, Emilio Segrè, Laurence Olivier, and Osamu Tezuka.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, János Kádár ranks 9 out of 700. Before him are Diocletian (244), Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (-63), Rüstem Pasha (1500), Franjo Tuđman (1922), Valens (328), and Leopold Ružička (1887). After him are Roger Joseph Boscovich (1711), Pope John IV (600), Pope Caius (250), Saint Marinus (275), Laura Antonelli (1941), and Franz von Suppé (1819).

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Among POLITICIANS In Croatia

Among politicians born in Croatia, János Kádár ranks 6. Before him are Josip Broz Tito (1892), Diocletian (244), Rüstem Pasha (1500), Franjo Tuđman (1922), and Valens (328). After him are Joanna II of Naples (1373), Crispus (305), Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović (1968), Stjepan Radić (1871), Zoran Milanović (1966), and Ivan Ribar (1881).

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