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Jorge Ubico

1878 - 1946

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Jorge Ubico Castañeda (10 November 1878 – 14 June 1946), nicknamed Number Five or also Central America's Napoleon, was a Guatemalan military officer, politician, and dictator who served as the president of Guatemala from 1931 to 1944. A general in the Guatemalan military, he was elected to the presidency in 1931, in an election where he was the only candidate. He continued his predecessors' policies of giving massive concessions to the United Fruit Company and wealthy landowners, as well as supporting their harsh labor practices. Ubico has been described as "one of the most oppressive tyrants Guatemala has ever known" who compared himself to Adolf Hitler. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jorge Ubico is the 9,007th most popular politician (down from 8,809th in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from Guatemala (up from 8th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Guatemalan Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jorge Ubico ranks 9,007 out of 19,576. Before him are Michael of Trebizond, Vijay Rupani, Fu Jian, Marco Minghetti, Henry I, Landgrave of Hesse, and Quintus Fabius Maximus. After him are Jenny Longuet, Gustave Garrigou, Mustafa Çelebi, Archelaus of Sparta, Rotrude, and Crin Antonescu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, Jorge Ubico ranks 95. Before him are C. Rajagopalachari, Şehzade Mehmed Abdülkadir, Horacio Quiroga, José Miaja, Walther Ritz, and John Rimmer. After him are Wallace Hartley, Mirra Alfassa, Maxie Long, Stamen Grigorov, Michel Théato, and Georgios Kondylis. Among people deceased in 1946, Jorge Ubico ranks 90. Before him are Mihai Antonescu, István Bethlen, Benjamin I of Constantinople, George Arliss, Joseph Stilwell, and Chen Gongbo. After him are Konstantin Rodzaevsky, Saint Alphonsa, Béla Imrédy, Robert Heinrich Wagner, Johannes Vares, and Martin Gottfried Weiss.

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In Guatemala

Among people born in Guatemala, Jorge Ubico ranks 7 out of 44. Before him are Miguel Ángel Asturias (1899), Jacobo Árbenz (1913), Álvaro Colom (1951), Rigoberta Menchú (1959), Efraín Ríos Montt (1926), and Carlos Castillo Armas (1914). After him are Rafael Carrera (1814), Juan José Arévalo (1904), Otto Pérez Molina (1950), Alejandro Giammattei (1956), Álvaro Leonel Ramazzini Imeri (1947), and Óscar Berger (1946).

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Among POLITICIANS In Guatemala

Among politicians born in Guatemala, Jorge Ubico ranks 5. Before him are Jacobo Árbenz (1913), Álvaro Colom (1951), Efraín Ríos Montt (1926), and Carlos Castillo Armas (1914). After him are Rafael Carrera (1814), Juan José Arévalo (1904), Otto Pérez Molina (1950), Alejandro Giammattei (1956), Óscar Berger (1946), Manuel Estrada Cabrera (1857), and Álvaro Arzú (1946).

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