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Luis Corvalán

1916 - 2010

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Luis Nicolás Corvalán Lepe (14 September 1916 – 21 July 2010) was a Chilean politician, teacher, and writer. He was the general secretary of the Communist Party of Chile (PCCh) for more than three decades and was twice elected to the Senate of Chile. Corvalán was detained by the Government Junta following the 1973 Chilean coup d'état. The USSR worked relentlessly for Corvalán's freedom, preparing plans for a military strike against Chile to rescue him, and orchestrating an international pressure campaign aimed at securing his parole. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Luis Corvalán is the 8,822nd most popular politician (down from 5,767th in 2019), the 37th most popular biography from Chile (down from 24th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Chilean Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Luis Corvalán ranks 8,822 out of 19,576. Before him are Mustafa Akıncı, Matteo Renzi, Gisela of Burgundy, Krakus, Grand Duke Dmitry Konstantinovich of Russia, and Peter Högl. After him are Frederick V, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, Arvid Horn, Vladislaus III, Duke of Bohemia, Borisav Jović, Subhi Bey Barakat, and Queen Heonae.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Luis Corvalán ranks 97. Before him are Jane Jacobs, Betty Grable, Yekaterina Budanova, Constantin Virgil Gheorghiu, Pérez Prado, and Chiang Wei-kuo. After him are Jurij Brězan, Mercedes McCambridge, Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann, Sangoulé Lamizana, Edmundo Suárez, and Zein Al-Sharaf Talal. Among people deceased in 2010, Luis Corvalán ranks 105. Before him are John Leslie, Benedikt Sigurðsson Gröndal, Nicolas Hayek, Ziba Ganiyeva, Jill Clayburgh, and Abraham Sutzkever. After him are Dimitrios Ioannidis, Dick Francis, Laurent Fignon, Martin Sandberger, Andrei Voznesensky, and Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann.

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In Chile

Among people born in Chile, Luis Corvalán ranks 37 out of 321. Before him are Arturo Alessandri (1868), Roberto Matta (1911), Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle (1942), José Manuel Balmaceda (1840), Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa (1933), and Humberto Maturana (1928). After him are Carlos Ibáñez del Campo (1877), Arturo Vidal (1987), Gabriel González Videla (1898), Orlando Letelier (1932), Marcelo Salas (1974), and Laura Vicuña (1891).

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Among POLITICIANS In Chile

Among politicians born in Chile, Luis Corvalán ranks 13. Before him are Ricardo Lagos (1938), Eduardo Frei Montalva (1911), Jorge Alessandri (1896), Arturo Alessandri (1868), Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle (1942), and José Manuel Balmaceda (1840). After him are Carlos Ibáñez del Campo (1877), Gabriel González Videla (1898), Orlando Letelier (1932), Lucía Hiriart (1923), Pedro Aguirre Cerda (1879), and Ramón Freire (1787).

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