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Eduardo Santos

1888 - 1974

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Eduardo Santos Montejo (August 28, 1888 – March 27, 1974) was a Colombian publisher and politician who was President of Colombia from 1938 to 1942. He was active in the Colombian Liberal Party. He purchased the prominent Bogotá newspaper El Tiempo in 1913; El Tiempo was founded by his brother-in-law Alfonso Villegas Restrepo in 1911. Members of the Santos family were the main shareholders of the paper until 2007. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eduardo Santos is the 16,065th most popular politician (down from 14,384th in 2019), the 106th most popular biography from Colombia (down from 78th in 2019) and the 44th most popular Colombian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Eduardo Santos ranks 16,065 out of 19,576. Before him are Julio Herrera y Obes, Thomas Massie, Aleksandr Tkachyov, Roger Kolo, Gouverneur Morris, and George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland. After him are Jean Lassalle, Lothar Späth, Fred Akuffo, Bernd Mayländer, Jacques-Édouard Alexis, and Mariano Baptista.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Eduardo Santos ranks 235. Before him are Georges Vanier, Boris Verlinsky, Andreas Cervin, Bob Glendenning, Carlos Julio Arosemena Tola, and Nils Dardel. After him are Maurice Schilles, Robert Moses, Natalena Koroleva, Daniel Norling, Donduk Kuular, and Alvah Meyer. Among people deceased in 1974, Eduardo Santos ranks 223. Before him are Robert Ellis, Théodore Nouwens, Bobby Timmons, Giuseppe Moro, Jimmy Hogan, and Leon Shamroy. After him are Charles Rosher, Richard Lawrence, Zinaida Yermolyeva, Cornelius Lanczos, Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, and Sverre Hansen.

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In Colombia

Among people born in Colombia, Eduardo Santos ranks 106 out of 356. Before him are Maluma (1994), Hernán Darío Gómez (1956), Rodrigo Valdez (1946), Enrique Olaya Herrera (1880), Belisario Porras Barahona (1856), and Karol G (1991). After him are Carlos Eugenio Restrepo (1867), José Ignacio de Márquez (1793), J Balvin (1985), Fredy Guarín (1986), Ever Palacios (1969), and Diomedes Díaz (1957).

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Among POLITICIANS In Colombia

Among politicians born in Colombia, Eduardo Santos ranks 44. Before him are Timoleón Jiménez (1959), José Manuel Marroquín (1827), José Hilario López (1798), Gabriel París Gordillo (1910), Enrique Olaya Herrera (1880), and Belisario Porras Barahona (1856). After him are Carlos Eugenio Restrepo (1867), José Ignacio de Márquez (1793), José Eusebio Otalora (1826), Marta Lucía Ramírez (1954), Manuel Murillo Toro (1816), and Francisco Javier Zaldúa (1811).

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