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Raúl Héctor Castro

1916 - 2015

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Raúl Héctor Castro ( ; June 12, 1916 – April 10, 2015) was a Mexican American politician, diplomat and judge. In 1964, Castro was selected to be U.S. ambassador to El Salvador, a position he held until 1968 when he was appointed U.S. ambassador to Bolivia. In 1974, Castro was elected to serve as the 14th governor of Arizona, and resigned two years into his term to become U.S. ambassador to Argentina. Prior to his entry into public service, Castro was a lawyer and a judge for Pima County, Arizona. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Raúl Héctor Castro is the 17,876th most popular politician (up from 18,015th in 2024), the 472nd most popular biography from Mexico (up from 517th in 2019) and the 104th most popular Mexican Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Raúl Héctor Castro ranks 17,876 out of 19,576. Before him are Harkishan Singh Surjeet, Sophie in 't Veld, David Davis, Hamed Bakayoko, António Vitorino, and Anna Tibaijuka. After him are Algirdas Šemeta, Ion Sturza, Cheikh Hadjibou Soumaré, Olympia Snowe, Sudarat Keyuraphan, and Budhagupta.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Raúl Héctor Castro ranks 305. Before him are Ruth R. Benerito, Daws Butler, Rochelle Hudson, Paul Emery, Mark Stevens, and Harkishan Singh Surjeet. After him are Leslie Thorne, Horton Foote, William B. Saxbe, Irene Worth, Esther Victoria Abraham, and Lucille Bliss. Among people deceased in 2015, Raúl Héctor Castro ranks 513. Before him are Wolfram Wuttke, Muath Al-Kasasbeh, Mikhail Burtsev, Linda Haglund, Mel Daniels, and Charles Correa. After him are Amelia Boynton Robinson, Gene Fullmer, Chris Welp, Jayne Meadows, Philip Levine, and George Clayton Johnson.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Raúl Héctor Castro ranks 472 out of 729. Before him are Carlos Girón (1954), Sabina Berman (1955), Kuno Becker (1978), Ana de la Reguera (1977), Angélica Vale (1975), and Felipe Colombo (1983). After him are Karla Álvarez (1972), Eduardo Verástegui (1974), Monica Frassoni (1963), Ninel Conde (1970), Jonathan dos Santos (1990), and Dolores Heredia (1966).

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Among POLITICIANS In Mexico

Among politicians born in Mexico, Raúl Héctor Castro ranks 104. Before him are Manuel María Lombardini (1802), Marcelo Ebrard (1959), Juan Bautista Ceballos (1811), Juan Bautista de Anza (1736), Patricia Espinosa (1958), and Xóchitl Gálvez (1963). After him are Monica Frassoni (1963), Adrián Fernández (1963), Josefina Vázquez Mota (1961), Margarita Zavala (1967), Marisela Morales (1970), and Martha Érika Alonso (1973).

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