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László Rajk

1909 - 1949

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László Rajk (8 March 1909 – 15 October 1949) was a Hungarian Communist politician, who served as Minister of Interior and Minister of Foreign Affairs. He was an important organizer of the Hungarian Communists' power (for example, organizing the State Protection Authority (ÁVH)), but he eventually fell victim to Mátyás Rákosi's show trials. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. László Rajk is the 4,353rd most popular politician (down from 4,221st in 2019), the 78th most popular biography from Romania (down from 74th in 2019) and the 36th most popular Romanian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, László Rajk ranks 4,353 out of 19,576Before him are Malcolm III of Scotland, Pacorus II, Mohammad Hatta, Şehzade Mehmed, Antonín Zápotocký, and Emperor Go-Fushimi. After him are Blaise Compaoré, Augustin Robespierre, Miguel López de Legazpi, Mahboob Ali Khan, Charles, Prince of Viana, and René Barrientos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, László Rajk ranks 47Before him are Alain Poher, Virginia Apgar, Tokizo Ichihashi, Jessica Tandy, Hélder Câmara, and Yiannis Ritsos. After him are Vicente Feola, Stanisław Jerzy Lec, Marguerite Perey, Otto Kumm, Alexander Pechersky, and Norberto Bobbio. Among people deceased in 1949, László Rajk ranks 32Before him are Henri Giraud, Marcel Cerdan, Niceto Alcalá-Zamora, Aleksandra Ekster, Gustav Radbruch, and Solomon R. Guggenheim. After him are Sarojini Naidu, Nikola Zhekov, Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Harry Stack Sullivan, André-Louis Debierne, and Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, László Rajk ranks 78 out of 844Before him are György Kurtág (1926), Jean Negulesco (1900), Edward G. Robinson (1893), Petre Dumitrescu (1882), Orban (1404), and Nicu Ceaușescu (1951). After him are David Wechsler (1896), Stephen Bocskai (1557), Petru Groza (1884), Artur Phleps (1881), Dinu Lipatti (1917), and Peter Mogila (1596).

Among POLITICIANS In Romania

Among politicians born in Romania, László Rajk ranks 36Before him are Mircea I of Wallachia (1355), Chivu Stoica (1908), Ana Pauker (1893), Sigismund Báthory (1572), György Dózsa (1470), and Nicu Ceaușescu (1951). After him are Stephen Bocskai (1557), Petru Groza (1884), Mihnea cel Rău (1462), Horia Sima (1907), Countess Claudine Rhédey von Kis-Rhéde (1812), and Nicolae Iorga (1871).