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People of the Revolution and the USSR
Activity(set)
Affiliation
Position
Citizenship
Background
Era(set)
People of the Soviet Union
People of the Chinese revolution and the People’s Republic
People of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic era
People of the wider world
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William L. Lockhart Clayton William L. Clayton
Free-trade champion who built the world's largest cotton firm, then set the Marshall Plan in motion with his memo on Europe's collapse
Economy, finance and planning · United States state institutions
1880–1966
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Hubert Ripka Hubert Ripka
Postwar foreign trade minister who resigned in February 1948 and went back into exile
Economy, finance and planning · Czechoslovakia
1895–1958
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Ludwig Erhard Ludwig Erhard
The West German economic statesman who shaped currency reform and the social market economy
Economy, finance and planning · Germany state institutions
1897–1977
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Heinrich Rau Heinrich Rau
Communist who chaired the German Economic Commission, the forerunner of the GDR government, and led East German economic policy
Economy, finance and planning · East Germany
1899–1961
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Fritz Selbmann Fritz Selbmann
East German heavy-industry minister who faced the striking workers outside the House of Ministries on 16 June 1953
Industry and production · East Germany
1899–1975
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Zoltán Vas Vas Zoltán
Rákosi-era planning chief who fell from grace and joined Imre Nagy
Economy, finance and planning · Hungary
1903–1983
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Bruno Leuschner Bruno Leuschner
East German planner who ran planning in the German Economic Commission and then chaired the State Planning Commission
Economy, finance and planning · East Germany
1910–1965
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Boris Kidrič Boris Kidrič
Yugoslav revolutionary who designed the economic theory of workers' self-management
Economy, finance and planning · Yugoslavia
1912–1953
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Charles Vanik Charles Vanik
The congressman who made emigration a condition of trade
Economy, finance and planning · United States state institutions
1913–2007
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Nako Spiru Nako Spiru
Albanian communist economic planner who led domestic criticism of Yugoslav economic control
Economy, finance and planning · Albania
1918–1947
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Ota Šik Ota Šik
Czechoslovak economist who designed a 'third way' between plan and market
Economy, finance and planning · Czechoslovakia
1919–2004
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Gerhard Schürer Gerhard Schürer
The GDR State Planning Commission chief who warned of bankruptcy but could not save the system
Economy, finance and planning · East Germany
1921–2010
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Rezső Nyers Nyers Rezső
A party leader who pushed market reform within socialism
Political and party leadership · Hungary
1923–2018
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Mieczysław Zygmunt Jagielski Mieczysław Jagielski
A party official who contained crisis through concessions
Economy, finance and planning · Poland
1924–1997
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Che Guevara Ernesto "Che" Guevara
The internationalist icon who traded a stethoscope for a rifle
Military command · 26th of July Movement
1928–1967
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Carlos Alberto Dilolwa Carlos Alberto da Rocha Oliveira Dilolwa
Designer of Angolan economic planning and MPLA theorist
Economy, finance and planning · Angola
1939–1996
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Leszek Balcerowicz Leszek Balcerowicz
Architect of Poland's shock therapy and symbol of the post-communist transition
Economy, finance and planning · Poland
1947–