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Orlando Letelier

1932 - 1976

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Marcos Orlando Letelier del Solar (13 April 1932 – 21 September 1976) was a Chilean economist, politician, and diplomat during the presidency of Salvador Allende. A refugee from the military dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet, Letelier accepted several academic positions in Washington D.C. after his exile from Chile. In 1976, agents of Dirección de Inteligencia Nacional (DINA), the Pinochet regime's secret police, assassinated Letelier in Washington in a car bombing. The agents had been working in collaboration with members of the Coordination of United Revolutionary Organizations, an anti-Castro militant group. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Orlando Letelier is the 9,200th most popular politician (down from 6,536th in 2019), the 41st most popular biography from Chile (down from 29th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Chilean Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Orlando Letelier ranks 9,200 out of 19,576. Before him are Spurius Cassius Viscellinus, Carl Lutz, Thorbjørn Jagland, Ismail Khan, Radosław Sikorski, and Dalia Itzik. After him are Meresankh III, Kazimira Prunskienė, Vyacheslav von Plehve, Anerood Jugnauth, Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, and Herman II, Duke of Swabia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Orlando Letelier ranks 167. Before him are Soon-Tek Oh, Qahhor Mahkamov, Aharon Appelfeld, Joel Grey, Pál Csernai, and Kurt Diemberger. After him are Vasily Aksyonov, Étienne Tshisekedi, Arnold Wesker, Jacques Roubaud, Boris Shakhlin, and Predrag Matvejević. Among people deceased in 1976, Orlando Letelier ranks 89. Before him are Mickey Cohen, Wilhelm Marschall, Hans von Obstfelder, Tommy Bolin, Alexander Lippisch, and Evert Taube. After him are Gottfried von Cramm, Mohammed Ben Aarafa, Alexander Novikov, Paul Robeson, Sal Mineo, and Freddie King.

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In Chile

Among people born in Chile, Orlando Letelier ranks 41 out of 321. Before him are Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa (1933), Humberto Maturana (1928), Luis Corvalán (1916), Carlos Ibáñez del Campo (1877), Arturo Vidal (1987), and Gabriel González Videla (1898). After him are Marcelo Salas (1974), Laura Vicuña (1891), Alexis Sánchez (1988), Juan Ignacio Molina (1740), José Donoso (1924), and Tom Araya (1961).

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Among POLITICIANS In Chile

Among politicians born in Chile, Orlando Letelier ranks 16. Before him are Arturo Alessandri (1868), Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle (1942), José Manuel Balmaceda (1840), Luis Corvalán (1916), Carlos Ibáñez del Campo (1877), and Gabriel González Videla (1898). After him are Lucía Hiriart (1923), Pedro Aguirre Cerda (1879), Ramón Freire (1787), José Miguel Carrera (1785), Agustín Eyzaguirre (1768), and Aníbal Pinto (1825).

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