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Władysław Gomułka

1905 - 1982

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Władysław Gomułka (Polish: [vwaˈdɨswav ɡɔˈmuwka] ; 6 February 1905 – 1 September 1982) was a Polish Communist politician. He was the de facto leader of post-war Poland from 1947 until 1948, and again from 1956 to 1970. Born in 1905 in Galicia, Gomulka was of proletarian origin. A plumber from the age of fourteen, he joined the revolutionary movement, made propaganda in the trade unions and suffered the rigours of the Witos government, then of the Pilsudski dictatorship. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Władysław Gomułka is the 2,403rd most popular politician (down from 2,309th in 2019), the 131st most popular biography from Poland (up from 139th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular Polish Politician.

Władysław Gomułka was a Polish communist politician who served as the First Secretary of the Polish United Workers' Party from 1956 to 1970. He was removed from power after a major economic and political crisis in 1970.

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Among politicians, Władysław Gomułka ranks 2,403 out of 19,576. Before him are Alexandre Colonna-Walewski, Theuderic III, Harald Gille, Burebista, William II of Sicily, and Mohammad Khatami. After him are Zhengde Emperor, Laura Bush, Eleanor of Navarre, Abulfaz Elchibey, Andrew I of Hungary, and Stephen Tomašević of Bosnia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Władysław Gomułka ranks 27. Before him are Vasily Grossman, Arthur Koestler, Raymond Aron, Ulf von Euler, Artem Mikoyan, and Guillermo Stábile. After him are Gerard Kuiper, Gertrude Ederle, C. P. Snow, Félix Houphouët-Boigny, George H. Hitchings, and Raymond Cattell. Among people deceased in 1982, Władysław Gomułka ranks 32. Before him are Barack Obama Sr., Hugo Theorell, Gala Dalí, Georges Perec, Hugh Everett III, and Mikhail Suslov. After him are Jacques Tati, C. R. Swart, Curd Jürgens, Walter Hallstein, Cevdet Sunay, and Hans Selye.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Władysław Gomułka ranks 131 out of 1,694. Before him are Joseph Rotblat (1908), Julia, Princess of Battenberg (1825), Antoni Grabowski (1857), Casimir IV Jagiellon (1427), Kurt Daluege (1897), and Alexandre Colonna-Walewski (1810). After him are Zdzisław Beksiński (1929), Jan Henryk Dąbrowski (1755), Angelus Silesius (1624), Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski (1899), Adolf Anderssen (1818), and Alfred Tarski (1901).

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Among POLITICIANS In Poland

Among politicians born in Poland, Władysław Gomułka ranks 32. Before him are Karl Hanke (1903), Arthur Liebehenschel (1901), Alexander Jagiellon (1461), Casimir IV Jagiellon (1427), Kurt Daluege (1897), and Alexandre Colonna-Walewski (1810). After him are Bronisław Komorowski (1952), Géza I of Hungary (1040), Bolesław Bierut (1892), Isabella Jagiellon (1519), Albrecht von Roon (1803), and Władysław I the Elbow-high (1260).

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