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Wilhelm Zaisser

1893 - 1958

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Wilhelm Zaisser (20 June 1893 – 3 March 1958) was a German communist politician and statesman who served as the founder and first Minister for State Security of the German Democratic Republic (1950–1953). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wilhelm Zaisser is the 6,172nd most popular politician (up from 6,542nd in 2019), the 1,645th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,784th in 2019) and the 483rd most popular German Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Wilhelm Zaisser ranks 6,172 out of 19,576. Before him are Zhao Feiyan, Ivan Asen III of Bulgaria, Sukjong of Goryeo, Emperor Zhaozong of Tang, Louis Henri, Prince of Condé, and Abba Eban. After him are Basina of Thuringia, Princess Margaret of Prussia, Robert Maxwell, Efim Geller, Raymond du Puy, and Lluís Llach.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Wilhelm Zaisser ranks 66. Before him are Walter Christaller, Raymond Loewy, Bill Tilden, Hans Scharoun, Dragiša Cvetković, and Paul van Zeeland. After him are Federico Mompou, Carl Værnet, Conrad Veidt, Matthias Kleinheisterkamp, Hyacinth Graf Strachwitz, and Dean Acheson. Among people deceased in 1958, Wilhelm Zaisser ranks 40. Before him are Nuri al-Said, Alfred Weber, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Pál Maléter, 'Abd al-Ilah, and Henri Farman. After him are Duncan Edwards, Prince Oskar of Prussia, Princess Louise of Orléans, Johnston McCulley, Otto Abetz, and Infanta Eulalia of Spain.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Wilhelm Zaisser ranks 1,645 out of 7,253. Before him are Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock (1911), Adolphus Frederick IV, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1738), Georg I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (1761), Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck (1948), Adolf Bastian (1826), and Hans Speidel (1897). After him are Princess Margaret of Prussia (1872), Polyxena of Hesse-Rotenburg (1706), Georg Kerschensteiner (1854), Ludwig Borchardt (1863), Christian Leopold von Buch (1774), and Fritz Bauer (1903).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Wilhelm Zaisser ranks 483. Before him are Arnold Gehlen (1904), Ferdinand Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern (1636), Richard, 6th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1934), Albert II, Margrave of Meissen (1240), Adolphus Frederick IV, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1738), and Georg I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (1761). After him are Princess Margaret of Prussia (1872), Georg Kerschensteiner (1854), Wilhelmina of Prussia, Princess of Orange (1751), Christian I, Elector of Saxony (1560), Gottfried Silbermann (1683), and Stephen II, Duke of Bavaria (1319).

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