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Jorge Rafael Videla

1925 - 2013

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Jorge Rafael Videla ( vid-EL-ə; Spanish: [ˈxoɾxe rafaˈel βiˈðela]; 2 August 1925 – 17 May 2013) was an Argentine military officer and the de facto President of Argentina from 1976 to 1981, during the National Reorganization Process. His rule, which was during the time of Operation Condor, was among the most infamous in Latin America during the Cold War due to its high level of human rights abuses including abductions, torture, executions and systematic kidnapping of children from female prisoners, as well as severe economic mismanagement. He came to power in a coup d'état that deposed Isabel Perón. In 1985, two years after the return of a representative democratic government, he was prosecuted in the Trial of the Juntas for large-scale human rights abuses and crimes against humanity under his rule including the widespread abduction, torture and murder of activists and political opponents along with their families at secret concentration camps. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jorge Rafael Videla is the 927th most popular politician (up from 949th in 2019), the 10th most popular biography from Argentina (up from 12th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Argentinean Politician.

Jorge Rafael Videla is most famous for being the president of Argentina from 1976 to 1981, during which time he was responsible for the Dirty War, a military dictatorship that resulted in the disappearance of 30,000 Argentinians.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jorge Rafael Videla ranks 927 out of 19,576. Before him are Julius Nepos, Maria Sophie of Bavaria, Leonid Kravchuk, Chandragupta Maurya, Sigurd the Crusader, and Jeroboam. After him are Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Cleopatra III of Egypt, İsmet İnönü, Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Antiochus III the Great, and Carloman II.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Jorge Rafael Videla ranks 16. Before him are Patrice Lumumba, Robert Edwards, Gilles Deleuze, Alija Izetbegović, Zygmunt Bauman, and Albert Bandura. After him are Tony Curtis, Giorgio Napolitano, Sammy Davis Jr., Pierre Boulez, Mikis Theodorakis, and Bill Haley. Among people deceased in 2013, Jorge Rafael Videla ranks 6. Before him are Nelson Mandela, Margaret Thatcher, Mikhail Kalashnikov, Robert Edwards, and Hugo Chávez. After him are Donald A. Glaser, Pran, Doris Lessing, Heinrich Rohrer, Võ Nguyên Giáp, and Frederick Sanger.

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In Argentina

Among people born in Argentina, Jorge Rafael Videla ranks 10 out of 1,154. Before him are Diego Maradona (1960), Alfredo Di Stéfano (1926), Eva Perón (1919), Juan Perón (1895), Juan Manuel Fangio (1911), and Astor Piazzolla (1921). After him are Isabel Martínez de Perón (1931), José de San Martín (1778), Lionel Messi (1987), Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (1953), Martha Argerich (1941), and Daniel Barenboim (1942).

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Among POLITICIANS In Argentina

Among politicians born in Argentina, Jorge Rafael Videla ranks 3. Before him are Eva Perón (1919), and Juan Perón (1895). After him are Isabel Martínez de Perón (1931), Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (1953), Carlos Menem (1930), Néstor Kirchner (1950), Leopoldo Galtieri (1926), Raúl Alfonsín (1927), Richard Walther Darré (1895), Alberto Fernández (1959), and Reynaldo Bignone (1928).

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