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José Santos Zelaya

1853 - 1919

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José Santos Zelaya López (1 November 1853 – 17 May 1919) was the President of Nicaragua from 25 July 1893 to 21 December 1909. He was liberal. In 1909, Zelaya was ousted from office in a rebellion led by conservative Juan José Estrada who was aided by the U.S. government. The overthrow of Zelaya led to a civil war which was brought to an end with the U.S. occupation of Nicaragua in 1912. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. José Santos Zelaya is the 13,097th most popular politician, the 18th most popular biography from Nicaragua (up from 19th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Nicaraguan Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, José Santos Zelaya ranks 13,097 out of 19,576. Before him are Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester, James Douglas, Lord of Douglas, Igor Sechin, Henri Jaspar, Konstantinos Kollias, and Dezső Gyarmati. After him are Euthymides, Meral Akşener, Kiến Phúc, Pierre de Decker, Claudia Marcella Minor, and John of Nikiû.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1853, José Santos Zelaya ranks 73. Before him are Howard Pyle, Florentino Ameghino, Marc-Émile Ruchet, John Wesley Hardin, Jaroslav Vrchlický, and Mato Kósyk. After him are Ernest Fenollosa, Jules Lemaître, Isidor Kaufmann, Heinrich Lammasch, Maria Wiik, and Leo Anton Karl de Ball. Among people deceased in 1919, José Santos Zelaya ranks 110. Before him are Victorino de la Plaza, Franz Steindachner, Ernest von Koerber, Pavel Chistyakov, Louis Diémer, and Alfred Deakin. After him are Tibor Szamuely, Lawrence Lambe, Sotirios Versis, Wallace Clement Sabine, Viktor Knorre, and Princess Augusta of Saxe-Meiningen.

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In Nicaragua

Among people born in Nicaragua, José Santos Zelaya ranks 18 out of 34. Before him are Arnoldo Alemán (1946), Bianca Jagger (1945), Claribel Alegría (1924), Miguel Obando y Bravo (1926), Sergio Ramírez (1942), and Gioconda Belli (1948). After him are Emiliano Chamorro Vargas (1871), Juan Bautista Sacasa (1874), Edén Pastora (1936), Carlos Fonseca (1936), Alexis Argüello (1952), and José María Moncada (1870).

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Among POLITICIANS In Nicaragua

Among politicians born in Nicaragua, José Santos Zelaya ranks 9. Before him are Anastasio Somoza García (1896), Violeta Chamorro (1929), Ernesto Cardenal (1925), Enrique Bolaños (1928), Luis Somoza Debayle (1922), and Arnoldo Alemán (1946). After him are Emiliano Chamorro Vargas (1871), Juan Bautista Sacasa (1874), Edén Pastora (1936), José María Moncada (1870), Carlos José Solórzano (1860), and Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier (1949).

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