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Zbigniew Brzezinski

1928 - 2017

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Zbigniew "Zbig" Kazimierz Brzeziński ( , Polish: [ˈzbiɡɲɛf kaˈʑimjɛʐ‿bʐɛˈʑij̃skʲi] ; March 28, 1928 – May 26, 2017) was a Polish-American diplomat and political scientist. He served as a counselor to Lyndon B. Johnson from 1966 to 1968 and was Jimmy Carter's National Security Advisor from 1977 to 1981. As a scholar, Brzezinski belonged to the realist school of international relations, standing in the geopolitical tradition of Halford Mackinder and Nicholas J. Spykman, while elements of liberal idealism have also been identified in his outlook. Brzezinski was the primary organizer of The Trilateral Commission. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Zbigniew Brzezinski is the 1,289th most popular politician (down from 1,026th in 2019), the 66th most popular biography from Poland (down from 62nd in 2019) and the 13th most popular Polish Politician.

Zbigniew Brzezinski is most famous for being the National Security Advisor to President Jimmy Carter. He is also known for his role in the 1979 Iranian Revolution and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Zbigniew Brzezinski ranks 1,289 out of 19,576. Before him are Abd al-Rahman I, Antoine of Navarre, Magnus Maximus, Gustáv Husák, Külüg Khan, and Ivan VI of Russia. After him are Muhammad of Ghor, Lysimachus, Aurelia Cotta, H. D. Deve Gowda, Alaeddin Pasha, and Paul-Henri Spaak.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Zbigniew Brzezinski ranks 19. Before him are Serge Gainsbourg, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Joe Jackson, Didi, Philip K. Dick, and Jeanne Moreau. After him are Rinus Michels, Osamu Tezuka, Roger Vadim, Eddie Fisher, Arnold Rüütel, and Shirley Temple. Among people deceased in 2017, Zbigniew Brzezinski ranks 14. Before him are Roger Moore, Bill Paxton, Tom Petty, Raymond Kopa, Jalal Talabani, and Jeanne Moreau. After him are Salvatore Riina, Ali Abdullah Saleh, David Rockefeller, Chuck Berry, Nicolaas Bloembergen, and Manuel Noriega.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Zbigniew Brzezinski ranks 66 out of 1,694. Before him are Krzysztof Kieślowski (1941), Maximilian Kolbe (1894), Władysław III of Poland (1424), Ferdinand Lassalle (1825), Irena Sendler (1910), and Konstantin Rokossovsky (1896). After him are Gustav Fechner (1801), John II Casimir Vasa (1609), Friedrich Bergius (1884), Andrzej Wajda (1926), Christian Wolff (1679), and Emil von Behring (1854).

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Among POLITICIANS In Poland

Among politicians born in Poland, Zbigniew Brzezinski ranks 13. Before him are Wojciech Jaruzelski (1923), Vladislaus II of Hungary (1456), Casimir III the Great (1310), Donald Tusk (1957), Sigismund I the Old (1467), and Władysław III of Poland (1424). After him are John II Casimir Vasa (1609), Yitzhak Shamir (1915), Ladislaus I of Hungary (1046), Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1785), Horst Köhler (1943), and Duchess Elisabeth of Württemberg (1767).

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