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Manuel Marulanda

1930 - 2008

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Pedro Antonio Marín Marín (13 May 1930 [disputed] – 26 March 2008), known by his "nom de guerre" Manuel Marulanda Vélez, was the founder and main leader of the Marxist–Leninist FARC-EP ("Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia – Ejército del Pueblo"). Marulanda was born in a coffee-growing region of west-central Colombia in the Quindío Department, to a peasant family politically aligned with the Liberal Party during conflicts in the 1940s and 1950s. Marulanda was nicknamed "Tirofijo" (Spanish: Surefire or Sureshot) by his comrades, apparently because of a reputed ability to accurately aim firearms. Marulanda himself changed his political and ideological inclinations to the Communist Party (PCC) during "La Violencia" (roughly 1948 to 1958) that followed the assassination of the Liberal Party's leader Jorge Eliécer Gaitán. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Manuel Marulanda is the 8,310th most popular politician (down from 7,834th in 2019), the 31st most popular biography from Colombia (down from 29th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Colombian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Manuel Marulanda ranks 8,310 out of 19,576. Before him are Nitobe Inazō, Leopold, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen, Hayam Wuruk, Ludmilla Tourischeva, Víctor Paz Estenssoro, and Vladislav Ardzinba. After him are Gjúki, Zhou Yongkang, Shaul Mofaz, Hannibal Hamlin, Gyebaek, and Tullio Serafin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Manuel Marulanda ranks 167. Before him are Charles Rangel, Fritz Wunderlich, James Baker, Tom Wolfe, Oleg Popov, and Franzl Lang. After him are Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo, Harold Bloom, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Bo Widerberg, Nguyễn Cao Kỳ, and Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada. Among people deceased in 2008, Manuel Marulanda ranks 90. Before him are Dora Ratjen, Kiyosi Itô, Don S. Davis, Paul Scofield, Anthony Minghella, and Cyd Charisse. After him are Jean Delannoy, Eva Dahlbeck, Claude Piron, Dinko Šakić, Rubens de Falco, and Paul Frère.

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In Colombia

Among people born in Colombia, Manuel Marulanda ranks 31 out of 356. Before him are Darío Castrillón Hoyos (1929), John Leguizamo (1964), Belisario Betancur (1923), Álvaro Mutis (1923), Ernesto Samper (1950), and Rodrigo Lara (1946). After him are Íngrid Betancourt (1961), Camilo Torres Restrepo (1929), James Rodríguez (1991), Gustavo Rojas Pinilla (1900), Alfonso López Trujillo (1935), and Samael Aun Weor (1917).

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Among POLITICIANS In Colombia

Among politicians born in Colombia, Manuel Marulanda ranks 14. Before him are Francisco de Paula Santander (1792), Virgilio Barco Vargas (1921), Julio César Turbay Ayala (1916), Belisario Betancur (1923), Ernesto Samper (1950), and Rodrigo Lara (1946). After him are Íngrid Betancourt (1961), Gustavo Rojas Pinilla (1900), Alfonso López Michelsen (1913), Jorge Eliécer Gaitán (1903), Andrés Pastrana Arango (1954), and Manuel Amador Guerrero (1833).

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