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Pedro Varela

1837 - 1906

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Pedro José Varela Olivera (22 February 1837 – 1906) was a politician and member of the Uruguayan Colorado Party. He served as the President of Uruguay from January 1875 to March 1876, when he resigned under pressure from his minister of war. He was replaced by defense minister Lorenzo Latorre. He served as the President of the Senate of Uruguay in 1868 and 1873. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pedro Varela is the 15,241st most popular politician (up from 15,421st in 2019), the 181st most popular biography from Uruguay (up from 204th in 2019) and the 44th most popular Uruguayan Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Pedro Varela ranks 15,241 out of 19,576Before him are Princess Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz, Jimmy Morales, Ji Pengfei, Óengus I, and Ann Linde. After him are Izyaslav of Polotsk, Dezső Bánffy, Giorgi Gakharia, Sighere of Essex, François Asselineau, and Jacob van Zuylen van Nijevelt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1837, Pedro Varela ranks 98Before him are Paul Gordan, Princess Leopoldine of Baden, Petre P. Carp, Juan Lindolfo Cuestas, William Dean Howells, and Leo Königsberger. After him are Karl Mauch, Princess Bathildis of Anhalt-Dessau, Carl Koldewey, Theodor Rosetti, Altaf Hussain Hali, and Nikolai Bugaev. Among people deceased in 1906, Pedro Varela ranks 71Before him are Julius Wilbrand, Alexander Veselovsky, Ernst Schultz, Ivan Babushkin, Ferdinand von Saar, and Aniceto Arce. After him are Simon Gregorčič, José María de Pereda, Walter Buller, George Holyoake, Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts, and Oscar Levertin.

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In Uruguay

Among people born in Uruguay, Pedro Varela ranks 181 out of 444Before him are Alfredo Foglino (1892), Claudio Williman (1861), Manuel Basilio Bustamante (1785), Rubén Paz (1959), Horacio Troche (1935), and Domingo Pérez (1936). After him are Mario Bergara (1937), Héctor Silva (1940), José Eugenio Ellauri (1834), Alberto Uria (1924), José Giménez (1995), and Juan Idiarte Borda (1844).

Among POLITICIANS In Uruguay

Among politicians born in Uruguay, Pedro Varela ranks 44Before him are Feliciano Viera (1872), Juan Lindolfo Cuestas (1837), Edgardo Codesal (1951), Francisco Antonino Vidal (1825), Tomás Gomensoro Albín (1810), and Manuel Basilio Bustamante (1785). After him are José Eugenio Ellauri (1834), Juan Idiarte Borda (1844), Máximo Tajes (1852), Lorenzo Latorre (1844), Juan Francisco Giró (1791), and Tomás Berreta (1875).