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Walther Funk

1890 - 1960

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Walther Immanuel Funk (18 August 1890 – 31 May 1960) was a German economist and Nazi official who served as Reichsminister for the Economy from 1938 to 1945 and president of the Reichsbank from 1939 to 1945. Funk oversaw the mobilization of the economy for Germany's rearmament and World War II, and the expropriation of assets of victims from Nazi concentration camps. He was convicted for crimes against humanity by the Nuremberg Tribunal. Funk was a finance journalist before joining the Nazi Party in 1931 and being appointed to a senior post at the Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Walther Funk is the 1,585th most popular politician (down from 1,419th in 2019), the 142nd most popular biography from Russia (up from 145th in 2019) and the 51st most popular Russian Politician.

Walther Funk was a German Nazi politician who served as the President of the Reichsbank under Adolf Hitler. Funk was also the Minister of Economics and President of the Reichsrat from 1943 to 1945.

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Among politicians, Walther Funk ranks 1,585 out of 19,576. Before him are Djedefre, Anastas Mikoyan, Anthemius, Christine Lagarde, Mahfiruz Hatun, and Songtsen Gampo. After him are Quintillus, Chlodio, Michael I Rangabe, Camille Desmoulins, Nero Julius Caesar, and Emil Hácha.

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Among people born in 1890, Walther Funk ranks 21. Before him are Kurt Lewin, Bacha Khan, Colonel Sanders, Stan Laurel, Man Ray, and Bohuslav Martinů. After him are Carlos Gardel, El Lissitzky, Jaroslav Heyrovský, Robert Ley, Franz Werfel, and Kurt Student. Among people deceased in 1960, Walther Funk ranks 12. Before him are Albert Kesselring, Amanullah Khan, Wilhelm Pieck, Melanie Klein, John D. Rockefeller Jr., and Paula Hitler. After him are A. L. Kroeber, Fausto Coppi, Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia, Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia, Walter Baade, and Antonie Pannekoek.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Walther Funk ranks 142 out of 3,761. Before him are Prince Paul of Yugoslavia (1893), Alexei Rykov (1881), Georgi Plekhanov (1856), Ivan V of Russia (1666), Käthe Kollwitz (1867), and Pyotr Bagration (1765). After him are Joseph Brodsky (1940), Sergei Yesenin (1895), Witold Pilecki (1901), Dmitry Donskoy (1350), Yemelyan Pugachev (1742), and Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia (1897).

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Among POLITICIANS In Russia

Among politicians born in Russia, Walther Funk ranks 51. Before him are Shamil, 3rd Imam of Dagestan (1797), Sergey Kirov (1886), Vasili IV of Russia (1552), Prince Paul of Yugoslavia (1893), Alexei Rykov (1881), and Ivan V of Russia (1666). After him are Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia (1897), Vasili III of Russia (1479), Feodor II of Russia (1589), Raisa Gorbacheva (1932), Lyudmila Putina (1958), and Genrikh Yagoda (1891).

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