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Enrique Bolaños

1928 - 2021

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Enrique José Bolaños Geyer (pronounced [enˈrike βoˈlaɲos]; 13 May 1928 – 14 June 2021) was a Nicaraguan politician who served as the president of Nicaragua from 10 January 2002 to 10 January 2007. From 1997 to 2002, Bolaños served as vice president under Arnoldo Alemán. On 4 November 2001 he defeated former president Daniel Ortega of the Sandinista National Liberation Front in the presidential election and was sworn in as president on 10 January 2002. He was a member of the Constitutional Liberal Party (PLC) until he broke with it to help form the Alliance for the Republic (APRE). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Enrique Bolaños is the 7,310th most popular politician (up from 7,539th in 2019), the 8th most popular biography from Nicaragua (up from 9th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Nicaraguan Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Enrique Bolaños ranks 7,310 out of 19,576Before him are Wilhelm Kettler, Muhammad IV of Granada, Carlos Arias Navarro, Aureolus, Hunald I, and Bernard of Septimania. After him are Sōsuke Uno, Basarab the Old, Tabinshwehti, Raginpert, Louis I, Prince of Monaco, and Isabel of Barcelos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Enrique Bolaños ranks 142Before him are Peter Naur, Ion Mihai Pacepa, Pancho Gonzales, Frank Borman, Héctor Rial, and Lennart Carleson. After him are Dick York, Veljko Bulajić, Édouard Molinaro, Bo Diddley, Kåre Willoch, and Einojuhani Rautavaara. Among people deceased in 2021, Enrique Bolaños ranks 133Before him are Tarcisio Burgnich, Yuriy Sedykh, Gregory Peter XX Ghabroyan, Ion Mihai Pacepa, Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya, and Adam Zagajewski. After him are Yaphet Kotto, Lucinda Riley, Nino Castelnuovo, Đorđe Balašević, Marion Ramsey, and Paul Ritter.

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In Nicaragua

Among people born in Nicaragua, Enrique Bolaños ranks 8 out of 34Before him are Anastasio Somoza Debayle (1925), Augusto César Sandino (1895), Anastasio Somoza García (1896), Violeta Chamorro (1929), Rubén Darío (1867), and Ernesto Cardenal (1925). After him are Barbara Carrera (1945), Leopoldo Brenes (1949), Luis Somoza Debayle (1922), Arnoldo Alemán (1946), Bianca Jagger (1945), and Claribel Alegría (1924).

Among POLITICIANS In Nicaragua

Among politicians born in Nicaragua, Enrique Bolaños ranks 6Before him are Daniel Ortega (1945), Anastasio Somoza Debayle (1925), Anastasio Somoza García (1896), Violeta Chamorro (1929), and Ernesto Cardenal (1925). After him are Luis Somoza Debayle (1922), Arnoldo Alemán (1946), José Santos Zelaya (1853), Emiliano Chamorro Vargas (1871), Juan Bautista Sacasa (1874), and Edén Pastora (1936).