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Carlos Mesa

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Carlos Diego de Mesa Gisbert (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkaɾlos ˈðjeɣo ˈmesa xisˈβeɾt] ; born 12 August 1953) is a Bolivian historian, journalist, and politician who served as the 63rd president of Bolivia from 2003 to 2005. As an independent politician, he had previously served as the 37th vice president of Bolivia from 2002 to 2003 under Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada and was the international spokesman for Bolivia's lawsuit against Chile in the International Court of Justice from 2014 to 2018. A member of the Revolutionary Left Front, he has served as leader of Civic Community, the largest opposition parliamentary group in Bolivia, since 2018. Born in La Paz, Mesa began a twenty-three-year-long journalistic career after graduating from university. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carlos Mesa is the 11,020th most popular politician (up from 11,059th in 2019), the 14th most popular biography from Bolivia (up from 15th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Bolivian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Carlos Mesa ranks 11,020 out of 19,576. Before him are Damat Ferid Pasha, Andrea Contarini, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Anthony Albanese, Ansgarde of Burgundy, and Gunter Demnig. After him are Odo I, Count of Orléans, Francisco S. Carvajal, Thiệu Trị, Barbara Castle, Max Vasmer, and Emperor Mingyuan of Northern Wei.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Carlos Mesa ranks 173. Before him are Filipe Neri Ferrão, Eric Tsang, Halid Bešlić, John Robertson, Paul Haggis, and Zlatko Burić. After him are Gali Atari, Andreas Vollenweider, Gérard Krawczyk, Norman Finkelstein, Zera Yacob Amha Selassie, and Wim Mertens.

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In Bolivia

Among people born in Bolivia, Carlos Mesa ranks 14 out of 105. Before him are Víctor Paz Estenssoro (1907), Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada (1930), Andrés de Santa Cruz (1792), Túpac Katari (1750), Hernán Siles Zuazo (1914), and Juan José Torres (1920). After him are Jeanine Áñez (1967), Toribio Ticona Porco (1937), Juana Azurduy de Padilla (1780), Jaime Paz Zamora (1939), Germán Busch (1903), and Enrique Peñaranda (1893).

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Among POLITICIANS In Bolivia

Among politicians born in Bolivia, Carlos Mesa ranks 12. Before him are Luis García Meza (1929), Víctor Paz Estenssoro (1907), Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada (1930), Andrés de Santa Cruz (1792), Hernán Siles Zuazo (1914), and Juan José Torres (1920). After him are Jeanine Áñez (1967), Jaime Paz Zamora (1939), Germán Busch (1903), Enrique Peñaranda (1893), Gualberto Villarroel (1908), and Mariano Melgarejo (1820).

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