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Vasiľ Biľak

1917 - 2014

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RSDr. Vasiľ Biľak (11 August 1917 – 6 February 2014) was a Slovak Communist politician and leader of Rusyn origin. Vasiľ Biľak was born in Krajná Bystrá (Hungarian: Bátorhegy), in the Sáros County of the Kingdom of Hungary (present-day Slovakia) in a family of Rusyn ethnicity and was originally a tailor and inseam expert. Active in the communist movement since 1936, in 1955–1968 and 1969–1971 he was a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Slovakia (ÚV KSS); in 1962–1968 he was the secretary and from January until August 1968 General secretary of ÚV KSS; from April 1968 until December 1988 he was a member of the Presidium of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (ÚV KSČ). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vasiľ Biľak is the 12,947th most popular politician (down from 10,360th in 2019), the 136th most popular biography from Slovakia (down from 90th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular Slovak Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Vasiľ Biľak ranks 12,947 out of 19,576. Before him are Eugenia Charles, Arvīds Pelše, King Hui of Zhou, Max van der Stoel, Peter Georg Bang, and Gaston, Marquis de Galliffet. After him are Nicolò Contarini, Theobald VI, Count of Blois, Ioannis Malokinis, Otto Tief, Riad Al Solh, and Anders Sandøe Ørsted.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Vasiľ Biľak ranks 191. Before him are Yuri Lyubimov, Franceska Mann, Robert Manzon, Durward Knowles, Joshua Nkomo, and Simon Slåttvik. After him are R. G. Armstrong, Fadwa Tuqan, Fidel Sánchez Hernández, M. G. Ramachandran, José Perácio, and Song Ping. Among people deceased in 2014, Vasiľ Biľak ranks 240. Before him are Mithat Bayrak, José Emilio Pacheco, Anton-Günther, Duke of Oldenburg, Maria Lassnig, Jadwiga Piłsudska, and Mango. After him are Pino Cerami, Jorge María Mejía, Halet Çambel, Andréa Parisy, Małgorzata Braunek, and U. R. Ananthamurthy.

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In Slovakia

Among people born in Slovakia, Vasiľ Biľak ranks 136 out of 418. Before him are Jan Brokoff (1652), Anna Kolesárová (1928), Jaromil Jireš (1935), Ján Čarnogurský (1944), Miloslav Mečíř (1964), and Lya De Putti (1897). After him are Peter Šťastný (1956), Eugen Suchoň (1908), Roland Jacobi (1893), Ignatz Kolisch (1837), Ján Kozák (1954), and Ladislav Petráš (1946).

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Among POLITICIANS In Slovakia

Among politicians born in Slovakia, Vasiľ Biľak ranks 42. Before him are Štefan Tiso (1897), Miroslav Lajčák (1963), Artúr Görgei (1818), Maroš Šefčovič (1966), Viliam Široký (1902), and Ján Čarnogurský (1944). After him are Peter Šťastný (1956), Eugen Suchoň (1908), János Hadik (1863), Igor Matovič (1973), Jozef Moravčík (1945), and Margit Slachta (1884).

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