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Józef Piłsudski

1867 - 1935

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Józef Klemens Piłsudski[a] (Polish: [ˈjuzɛf ˈklɛmɛns piwˈsutskʲi] ; 5 December 1867 – 12 May 1935) was a Polish statesman who served as the Chief of State (1918–1922) and first Marshal of Poland (from 1920). In the aftermath of World War I, he became an increasingly dominant figure in Polish politics and exerted significant influence on shaping the country's foreign policy. Piłsudski is viewed as a father of the Second Polish Republic, which was re-established in 1918, 123 years after the final partition of Poland in 1795, and was considered de facto leader (1926–1935) of the Second Republic as the Minister of Military Affairs. Seeing himself as a descendant of the culture and traditions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Piłsudski believed in a multi-ethnic Poland—"a home of nations" including indigenous ethnic and religious minorities. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Józef Piłsudski is the 513th most popular politician (down from 426th in 2019), the most popular biography from Lithuania and the most popular Lithuanian Politician.

Józef Piłsudski was a Polish military and political leader. He is most famous for his military leadership in the Polish-Soviet War and for his role in the establishment of the Second Polish Republic.

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Among politicians, Józef Piłsudski ranks 513 out of 19,576. Before him are Kocheril R. Narayanan, Arcadius, Razia Sultana, Eduard Shevardnadze, Omar al-Bashir, and Jawaharlal Nehru. After him are Kangxi Emperor, Djoser, Hideki Tojo, Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor, Juan Perón, and Henry the Fowler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1867, Józef Piłsudski ranks 5. Before him are Marie Curie, Mary of Teck, Edgar de Wahl, and Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim. After him are Margaret Brown, Frank Lloyd Wright, Emily Greene Balch, Luigi Pirandello, Louise, Princess Royal, Pierre Bonnard, and Arturo Toscanini. Among people deceased in 1935, Józef Piłsudski ranks 2. Before him is Kazimir Malevich. After him are Arthur Henderson, John Macleod, Fernando Pessoa, Alfred Dreyfus, T. E. Lawrence, Paul Signac, Victor Grignard, Emmy Noether, Alban Berg, and Auguste Escoffier.

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In Lithuania

Among people born in Lithuania, Józef Piłsudski ranks 1 out of 328. After him are Władysław II Jagiełło (1362), Emmanuel Levinas (1906), Vytautas (1352), Czesław Miłosz (1911), Gediminas (1275), Mindaugas (1203), Hermann Minkowski (1864), Emma Goldman (1869), Algirdas (1296), Romain Gary (1914), and Eliezer Ben-Yehuda (1858).

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Among POLITICIANS In Lithuania

Among politicians born in Lithuania, Józef Piłsudski ranks 1. After him are Władysław II Jagiełło (1362), Vytautas (1352), Gediminas (1275), Mindaugas (1203), Algirdas (1296), Kęstutis (1297), Dalia Grybauskaitė (1956), Antanas Smetona (1874), Valdas Adamkus (1926), Algirdas Brazauskas (1932), and Vytautas Landsbergis (1932).

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