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Luis García Meza

1929 - 2018

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Luis García Meza Tejada (8 August 1929 – 29 April 2018) was a Bolivian general who served as the de facto 57th president of Bolivia from 1980 to 1981. He was a dictator convicted of human rights violations and leader of a violent coup. A native of La Paz, he was a career military officer who rose to the rank of general during the dictatorship of Hugo Banzer (1971–78). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Luis García Meza is the 7,707th most popular politician (up from 8,020th in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from Bolivia and the 6th most popular Bolivian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Luis García Meza ranks 7,707 out of 19,576. Before him are Pak Song-chol, Roy Mata, Pierre Bérégovoy, Vaso Čubrilović, Magdalena Andersson, and Johannes R. Becher. After him are Zeng Guofan, Wellington Koo, Sultan bin Salman Al Saud, José Félix Uriburu, Ri Jong-ok, and Ermesinde of Carcassonne.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Luis García Meza ranks 143. Before him are Jaakko Hintikka, Darío Castrillón Hoyos, Charles Moore, Vladimír Menšík, Robert Faurisson, and Walter Brandmüller. After him are Alexis Weissenberg, Poul Schlüter, Gaston Glock, Chespirito, Lee Shau-kee, and Gabriel Urgebadze. Among people deceased in 2018, Luis García Meza ranks 117. Before him are Nancy Roman, Paul Virilio, Robert Faurisson, Jozef Adamec, Joseph Kobzon, and Oliver Dragojević. After him are Nicanor Parra, Lawrence Roberts, Josep Lluís Núñez, Richard Pipes, Eduard Uspensky, and Tom Wolfe.

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In Bolivia

Among people born in Bolivia, Luis García Meza ranks 7 out of 105. Before him are Evo Morales (1959), René Barrientos (1919), Hugo Banzer (1926), Luis Arce (1963), Mario Terán (1942), and Lidia Gueiler Tejada (1921). After him are Víctor Paz Estenssoro (1907), Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada (1930), Andrés de Santa Cruz (1792), Túpac Katari (1750), Hernán Siles Zuazo (1914), and Juan José Torres (1920).

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Among POLITICIANS In Bolivia

Among politicians born in Bolivia, Luis García Meza ranks 6. Before him are Evo Morales (1959), René Barrientos (1919), Hugo Banzer (1926), Luis Arce (1963), and Lidia Gueiler Tejada (1921). After him are Víctor Paz Estenssoro (1907), Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada (1930), Andrés de Santa Cruz (1792), Hernán Siles Zuazo (1914), Juan José Torres (1920), and Carlos Mesa (1953).

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