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Pál Maléter

1917 - 1958

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Pál Maléter (4 September 1917 – 16 June 1958) was the military leader of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution who served as minister of defence in the third government of Imre Nagy. Maléter was born to Hungarian parents in Eperjes, a city in Sáros County, in the northern part of Kingdom of Hungary, today Prešov, Slovakia. He studied medicine at the Charles University, Prague, before moving to Budapest in 1938, going to the military academy there. He fought on the Eastern Front of World War II for the Axis, until captured by the Red Army. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pál Maléter is the 587th most popular military personnel (down from 528th in 2019), the 46th most popular biography from Slovakia (down from 35th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Slovak Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Pál Maléter ranks 587 out of 2,058. Before him are Arthur Arz von Straußenburg, Ikrima ibn Abi Jahl, Minamoto no Yoshinaka, Otto von Kotzebue, Ernst Lindemann, and Alonso Pérez de Guzmán y Sotomayor, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia. After him are Kenji Doihara, Jisaburō Ozawa, Walter Rauff, James Paul Moody, Gongsun Zan, and George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Pál Maléter ranks 81. Before him are Asmahan, Carson McCullers, David McClelland, Urie Bronfenbrenner, Susan Hayward, and David Easton. After him are Herbert Lom, Magda Szabó, Robert Bloch, Alparslan Türkeş, Henry Ford II, and David Tomlinson. Among people deceased in 1958, Pál Maléter ranks 37. Before him are Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, Petru Groza, Ole Kirk Christiansen, Nuri al-Said, Alfred Weber, and Ralph Vaughan Williams. After him are 'Abd al-Ilah, Henri Farman, Wilhelm Zaisser, Duncan Edwards, Prince Oskar of Prussia, and Princess Louise of Orléans.

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In Slovakia

Among people born in Slovakia, Pál Maléter ranks 46 out of 418. Before him are Stephan Endlicher (1804), Peter Lorre (1904), Gyula Andrássy the Younger (1860), Ernő Gerő (1898), Ferdinand Daučík (1910), and Andrej Kiska (1963). After him are Lucia Popp (1939), Rudolf Vrba (1924), Iveta Radičová (1956), Vazul (1000), Franz Schmidt (1874), and Ján Popluhár (1935).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Slovakia

Among military personnels born in Slovakia, Pál Maléter ranks 3. Before him are Maurice Benyovszky (1746), and Jozef Gabčík (1912). After him are Archduke Joseph Karl of Austria (1833), Paul Kray (1735), and János Pálffy (1664).

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