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Rafael Urdaneta

1788 - 1845

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Rafael José Urdaneta y Farías (October 24, 1788 – August 23, 1845) was a Venezuelan General and hero of the Spanish American wars of independence. After overthrowing President Joaquín Mosquera in a 1830 military coup, he served as President of Gran Colombia from 1830 until 1831 when he was overthrown by José María Obando and José Hilario López. He was an ardent supporter of Simón Bolívar and one of his most trusted and loyal allies. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rafael Urdaneta is the 10,626th most popular politician (down from 9,787th in 2019), the 25th most popular biography from Venezuela (down from 23rd in 2019) and the 14th most popular Venezuelan Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Rafael Urdaneta ranks 10,626 out of 19,576Before him are Titus Manlius Torquatus, Oleg I of Chernigov, Charles I, Margrave of Baden-Baden, Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, Cunobeline, and Demetrius I of Bactria. After him are Józef Haller, Sancha of Castile, Queen of Navarre, Teucer, Erik Eriksen, Thomas S. Gates Jr., and Rainilaiarivony.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1788, Rafael Urdaneta ranks 36Before him are John Canfield Spencer, Jean-Pierre Abel-Rémusat, FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan, Duke Eugen of Württemberg, Soliman Pasha al-Faransawi, and Franz Pforr. After him are Francisco Balagtas, Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes, Athanasios Diakos, Pavel Kiselyov, Juraj Haulik, and Simon Sechter. Among people deceased in 1845, Rafael Urdaneta ranks 26Before him are Jónas Hallgrímsson, George II, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Dominique, comte de Cassini, Nikoloz Baratashvili, Francisco Manuel Blanco, and Henrik Steffens. After him are Heinrich von Bellegarde, Amédée Louis Michel le Peletier, comte de Saint-Fargeau, Vincent-Marie Viénot, Count of Vaublanc, Christian Frederik Hansen, Antoine Risso, and Matvei Gedenshtrom.

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In Venezuela

Among people born in Venezuela, Rafael Urdaneta ranks 25 out of 183Before him are Andrés Bello (1781), Arturo Sosa (1948), José Antonio Abreu (1939), Ramón José Velásquez (1916), Teresa Carreño (1853), and José Gregorio Hernández (1864). After him are Johnny Cecotto (1956), Cipriano Castro (1858), Rafael de Nogales Méndez (1879), Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo (1944), Jaime Lusinchi (1924), and Antonio Guzmán Blanco (1829).

Among POLITICIANS In Venezuela

Among politicians born in Venezuela, Rafael Urdaneta ranks 14Before him are Rómulo Betancourt (1908), José Antonio Páez (1790), Juan Vicente Gómez (1857), Marcos Pérez Jiménez (1914), Andrés Bello (1781), and Ramón José Velásquez (1916). After him are Cipriano Castro (1858), Jaime Lusinchi (1924), Antonio Guzmán Blanco (1829), Eleazar López Contreras (1883), Raúl Leoni (1905), and Cristóbal Mendoza (1772).