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Jorge Batlle

1927 - 2016

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Jorge Luis Batlle Ibáñez (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈxoɾxe ˈlwis ˈbaʝe iˈβaɲes]; Batlle locally [ˈbaʒe] or [ˈbaʃe]; 25 October 1927 – 24 October 2016) was a Uruguayan politician and lawyer, who served as the 38th president of Uruguay from 2000 to 2005. A member of the Colorado Party, he previously served as National Representative from 1959 to 1967, and as Senator of the Republic from 1985 to 1990 and from 1990 to 1999. The eldest son of the 30th president Luis Batlle Berres and a member of the Batlle family, he was the fourth member of the family to serve as president of the country. He graduated from the University of the Republic in 1959 with a law degree, and then began a career as a journalist in El Día newspaper. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jorge Batlle is the 7,199th most popular politician (down from 6,400th in 2019), the 35th most popular biography from Uruguay (down from 31st in 2019) and the 9th most popular Uruguayan Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jorge Batlle ranks 7,199 out of 19,576. Before him are Chris Patten, Yevno Azef, Boniface III, Margrave of Tuscany, Maria Palaiologina, Anne of Denmark, Electress of Saxony, and Princess Maria Gabriella of Savoy. After him are Emperor Junnin, Frederick Casimir Kettler, Antonio de Mendoza, Margaret Sambiria, Feroz Khan Noon, and Bethuel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Jorge Batlle ranks 116. Before him are Thanin Kraivichien, Bob Fosse, Dana Elcar, Margaret Keane, Marvin Harris, and William Labov. After him are Wadie Haddad, Sabah, Carlos José Castilho, Eldar Ryazanov, Raymond Chow, and Robert Plutchik. Among people deceased in 2016, Jorge Batlle ranks 122. Before him are Chris Amon, Yves Bonnefoy, Peter Naur, Glenn Frey, Michel Rocard, and Madeleine Lebeau. After him are William H. McNeill, Neville Marriner, Peter Shaffer, Meir Dagan, Héctor Babenco, and Ernst Nolte.

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In Uruguay

Among people born in Uruguay, Jorge Batlle ranks 35 out of 444. Before him are Luis Alberto Lacalle (1941), Fructuoso Rivera (1784), Edinson Cavani (1987), Pedro Rocha (1942), Pablo Dorado (1908), and Juan Carlos Onetti (1909). After him are Álvaro Gestido (1907), Óscar Míguez (1927), Ernesto Mascheroni (1907), Gregorio Conrado Álvarez (1925), Peregrino Anselmo (1902), and Santos Iriarte (1902).

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Among POLITICIANS In Uruguay

Among politicians born in Uruguay, Jorge Batlle ranks 9. Before him are José Gervasio Artigas (1764), Lucía Topolansky (1944), Julio María Sanguinetti (1936), Juan María Bordaberry (1928), Luis Alberto Lacalle (1941), and Fructuoso Rivera (1784). After him are Gregorio Conrado Álvarez (1925), Manuel Oribe (1792), José Batlle y Ordóñez (1856), Bernardo Arévalo (1958), Venancio Flores (1808), and Aparicio Méndez (1904).

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