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Raúl Reyes

1948 - 2008

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Luis Edgar Devia Silva (30 September 1948 – 1 March 2008), better known by his nom de guerre Raúl Reyes, was a leader, Secretariat member, spokesperson, and advisor to the Southern Bloc of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia–People's Army (FARC–EP). He died during an attack by the Colombian army 1.8 kilometres (1.1 mi) within Ecuador, sparking the 2008 Andean diplomatic crisis involving Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Raúl Reyes is the 1,644th most popular military personnel (down from 1,638th in 2019), the 67th most popular biography from Colombia (down from 64th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Colombian Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Raúl Reyes ranks 1,644 out of 2,058. Before him are Hans-Diedrich von Tiesenhausen, Kiyotake Kawaguchi, Theodor Tolsdorff, Vasily Gordov, Euphemius, and Wilhelm Hasse. After him are Henri Dentz, John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher, Drogo of Hauteville, Abu Ali al-Anbari, Josip Filipović, and Diogo Lopes de Sequeira.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Raúl Reyes ranks 390. Before him are Eleonora Brown, Massoud Rajavi, Chester Thompson, Larry Carlton, Rainer Zobel, and Ken Ribet. After him are Dušan Kovačević, Alexander McCall Smith, Gian Piero Ventura, Dave Holland, Hans Moravec, and JoBeth Williams. Among people deceased in 2008, Raúl Reyes ranks 214. Before him are Dith Pran, Badri Patarkatsishvili, Mustafa Khalil, Simon Hantaï, Ricardo Infante, and Anne-Cath. Vestly. After him are Ignazio Fabra, Võ Văn Kiệt, Fujio Akatsuka, Hidetaka Nishiyama, Károly Németh, and Ennio de Concini.

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In Colombia

Among people born in Colombia, Raúl Reyes ranks 67 out of 356. Before him are Francisco Maturana (1949), Carlos Lleras Restrepo (1908), Guillermo León Valencia (1909), Antonio Nariño (1765), Alfonso López Pumarejo (1886), and Rafael Núñez (1825). After him are Hernán Gaviria (1969), Rubén Salazar Gómez (1942), Pedro Rubiano Sáenz (1932), Mario Yepes (1976), Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera (1798), and Antanas Mockus (1952).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Colombia

Among military personnels born in Colombia, Raúl Reyes ranks 2. Before him are Alfonso Cano (1948).

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