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Emilio Mola

1887 - 1937

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Emilio Mola y Vidal (9 July 1887 – 3 June 1937) was a Spanish military officer who was one of the three leaders of the revolt coup of July 1936 that started the Spanish Civil War. After the death of José Sanjurjo on 20 July 1936, Mola commanded the Nationalists in the north of Spain, while Franco operated in the south. Attempting to take Madrid with his four columns, Mola praised local Nationalist sympathizers within the city as a "fifth column", possibly the first use of that phrase. He died in a plane crash in bad weather, leaving Franco as the pre-eminent Nationalist leader for the rest of the war. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Emilio Mola is the 3,641st most popular politician (down from 3,053rd in 2019), the 14th most popular biography from Cuba (down from 13th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Cuban Politician.

Emilio Mola was a general in the Spanish Army during the Spanish Civil War. He is most famous for his military campaign in the north of Spain, which included the bombing of Guernica.

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Among politicians, Emilio Mola ranks 3,640 out of 19,576. Before him are Joannes, Pyotr Krasnov, Robert A. Taft, Knud, Hereditary Prince of Denmark, and Radomir Putnik. After him are Sancho IV of Castile, Edmond Debeaumarché, Domitianus II, Ulrich von Jungingen, Agis IV, Siim Kallas, and James Macpherson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Emilio Mola ranks 45. Before him are Theodore Roosevelt Jr., Erich Mendelsohn, Kurt Schwitters, George Pólya, René Cassin, and John Reed. After him are Luís Filipe, Prince Royal of Portugal, Harald Bohr, Violet Jessop, Boris Karloff, Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick, and Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni. Among people deceased in 1937, Emilio Mola ranks 34. Before him are Rudolf Otto, Keke Geladze, Frank B. Kellogg, Ramsay MacDonald, Albert Roussel, and J. Bruce Ismay. After him are Takeo Wakabayashi, Edith Wharton, Pavel Florensky, Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark, Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse, and Bessie Smith.

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In Cuba

Among people born in Cuba, Emilio Mola ranks 14 out of 300. Before him are Paul Lafargue (1842), Alberto Korda (1928), Camilo Cienfuegos (1932), Andy García (1956), Gloria Estefan (1957), and Compay Segundo (1907). After him are Celia Cruz (1925), Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1956), Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado (1919), Juan Almeida Bosque (1927), Alicia Alonso (1920), and Ibrahim Ferrer (1927).

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Among POLITICIANS In Cuba

Among politicians born in Cuba, Emilio Mola ranks 5. Before him are Fidel Castro (1926), Raúl Castro (1931), Fulgencio Batista (1901), and Miguel Díaz-Canel (1960). After him are Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1956), Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado (1919), Juan Almeida Bosque (1927), Gerardo Machado (1871), Carlos Manuel de Céspedes (1819), Vilma Espín (1930), and Aleida March (1936).

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