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Mátyás Rákosi

1892 - 1971

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Mátyás Rákosi ([ˈraːkoʃi ˈmaːcaːʃ]; born Mátyás Rosenfeld; 9 March 1892 – 5 February 1971) was a Hungarian communist politician who was the de facto leader of Hungary from 1947 to 1956. He served first as General Secretary of the Hungarian Communist Party from 1945 to 1948 and then as General Secretary (later renamed First Secretary) of the Hungarian Working People's Party from 1948 to 1956. Rákosi had been involved in left-wing politics since his youth, and in 1919 was a leading commissar in the short-lived Hungarian Soviet Republic. After the fall of the Communist government, he escaped the country and worked abroad as an agent of the Comintern. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mátyás Rákosi is the 1,671st most popular politician (down from 1,537th in 2019), the 33rd most popular biography from Serbia (down from 29th in 2019) and the 27th most popular Serbian Politician.

Mátyás Rákosi was a Hungarian communist politician who was leader of the Hungarian People's Republic from 1948 to 1956. He is most famous for his repressive policies and his role in the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Mátyás Rákosi ranks 1,671 out of 19,576. Before him are Mentor, Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia, Constantine VIII, Yu the Great, Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, and Karl Haushofer. After him are Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi, Ibrahim Lodi, Philip of Swabia, Jiajing Emperor, Orestes, and Yang Shangkun.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Mátyás Rákosi ranks 26. Before him are Theodor Eicke, Ferdinand Schörner, Engelbert Dollfuss, Oliver Hardy, George Paget Thomson, and Jack L. Warner. After him are William P. Murphy, Stefan Banach, Gregor Strasser, Erwin Panofsky, Darius Milhaud, and Corneille Heymans. Among people deceased in 1971, Mátyás Rákosi ranks 18. Before him are Giorgos Seferis, Fernandel, Hermann Hoth, J. D. Bernal, Theodor Svedberg, and Arne Tiselius. After him are Harold Lloyd, D. B. Cooper, Gotthard Heinrici, Igor Tamm, Wilhelm List, and François Duvalier.

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In Serbia

Among people born in Serbia, Mátyás Rákosi ranks 33 out of 661. Before him are Stjepan Mesić (1934), Krum (710), Karađorđe (1768), Quintillus (220), Vuk Karadžić (1787), and Alexander I of Serbia (1876). After him are Draža Mihailović (1893), Constantius III (370), Vojislav Koštunica (1944), Novak Djokovic (1987), Tomislav Nikolić (1952), and Josip Jelačić (1801).

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Among POLITICIANS In Serbia

Among politicians born in Serbia, Mátyás Rákosi ranks 27. Before him are Herennius Etruscus (220), Stjepan Mesić (1934), Krum (710), Karađorđe (1768), Quintillus (220), and Alexander I of Serbia (1876). After him are Constantius III (370), Vojislav Koštunica (1944), Tomislav Nikolić (1952), Aleksandar Vučić (1970), Alboin (530), and Nikola Pašić (1845).

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