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Gustavo Rojas Pinilla

1900 - 1975

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Gustavo Rojas Pinilla (12 March 1900 – 17 January 1975) was a Colombian army general, civil engineer and politician who ruled as 19th President of Colombia in a military dictatorship from June 1953 to May 1957. Rojas Pinilla gained prominence as a colonel during La Violencia, the period of civil strife in Colombia during the late 1940s and early 1950s that saw infighting between the ruling Conservatives and Liberal guerillas, and was named to the cabinet of Conservative President Mariano Ospina Pérez. In 1953, he mounted a successful coup d'état against Ospina's successor as president, the extreme right-wing Laureano Gómez Castro, imposing martial law. Seeking to reduce political violence, he ruled the country as a military dictatorship, allying himself with trade unionists, implementing infrastructure programs, and extending female suffrage. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gustavo Rojas Pinilla is the 9,079th most popular politician (down from 8,797th in 2019), the 35th most popular biography from Colombia (up from 37th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Colombian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Gustavo Rojas Pinilla ranks 9,079 out of 19,576. Before him are George, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Tekle Giyorgis II, Agustín Pedro Justo, Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, Paul Kummer, and Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg. After him are Ambaghai, Bruce Rauner, Christopher Lekapenos, Arthur II, Duke of Brittany, Arturs Krišjānis Kariņš, and Imad Mughniyah.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Gustavo Rojas Pinilla ranks 120. Before him are Otto Braun, Zhang Wentian, Santos Urdinarán, Carmen Polo, 1st Lady of Meirás, Srinagarindra, and Giovanni Urbani. After him are Yvonne de Gaulle, James Bond, Vítězslav Nezval, Karl-Jesko von Puttkamer, Luigi Longo, and Alexander Novikov. Among people deceased in 1975, Gustavo Rojas Pinilla ranks 88. Before him are Per Wahlöö, Lennart Skoglund, Virginio Rosetta, William A. Wellman, Franz Six, and Sisowath Sirik Matak. After him are Carl Lutz, Barbara Hepworth, Walker Evans, Achille Van Acker, Boris Blacher, and Alvin Hansen.

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In Colombia

Among people born in Colombia, Gustavo Rojas Pinilla ranks 35 out of 356. Before him are Ernesto Samper (1950), Rodrigo Lara (1946), Manuel Marulanda (1930), Íngrid Betancourt (1961), Camilo Torres Restrepo (1929), and James Rodríguez (1991). After him are Alfonso López Trujillo (1935), Samael Aun Weor (1917), Policarpa Salavarrieta (1795), José de Jesús Pimiento Rodríguez (1919), Juan Pablo Montoya (1975), and Alfonso López Michelsen (1913).

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Among POLITICIANS In Colombia

Among politicians born in Colombia, Gustavo Rojas Pinilla ranks 16. Before him are Julio César Turbay Ayala (1916), Belisario Betancur (1923), Ernesto Samper (1950), Rodrigo Lara (1946), Manuel Marulanda (1930), and Íngrid Betancourt (1961). After him are Alfonso López Michelsen (1913), Jorge Eliécer Gaitán (1903), Andrés Pastrana Arango (1954), Manuel Amador Guerrero (1833), Omayra Sánchez (1972), and Laureano Gómez (1889).

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