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Tabaré Vázquez

1940 - 2020

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Tabaré Ramón Vázquez Rosas (Spanish pronunciation: [taβaˈɾe raˈmom ˈbaskes ˈrosas]; 17 January 1940 – 6 December 2020) was a Uruguayan politician and oncologist who served as the 39th and 41st President of Uruguay from 2005 to 2010 and from 2015 to 2020. During his political career, Vázquez was a member of the Broad Front coalition. Before his first presidential term, Vázquez was president of the Club Progreso team and made two unsuccessful presidential bids in 1994 and 1999. He served as Intendant of Montevideo between 1990 and 1994 shortly before his first presidential campaign. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tabaré Vázquez is the 1,356th most popular politician (up from 2,016th in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Uruguay (up from 3rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Uruguayan Politician.

Tabaré Vázquez is most famous for his work as a pediatrician. He was the president of Uruguay from 2005 to 2010.

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Among politicians, Tabaré Vázquez ranks 1,356 out of 19,576. Before him are Lou Henry Hoover, Shamil, 3rd Imam of Dagestan, Paul Barras, Afonso V of Portugal, Romanos I Lekapenos, and Calpurnia. After him are Jianwen Emperor, Francesco I Sforza, Arsinoe III of Egypt, Sergey Kirov, Shah Rukh, and Bill Nelson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Tabaré Vázquez ranks 31. Before him are Burhanuddin Rabbani, Joachim Gauck, Muhammad Yunus, Martin Sheen, Frank Zappa, and Carlos Slim. After him are Peter C. Doherty, Joseph Brodsky, John Hurt, Michel Temer, Brian De Palma, and Pina Bausch. Among people deceased in 2020, Tabaré Vázquez ranks 13. Before him are Betty Williams, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, Qaboos bin Said al Said, Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, Pierre Cardin, and Max von Sydow. After him are David Prowse, John Saxon, Katherine Johnson, Paolo Rossi, Olivia de Havilland, and Krzysztof Penderecki.

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In Uruguay

Among people born in Uruguay, Tabaré Vázquez ranks 2 out of 444. Before him are José Mujica (1935). After him are Comte de Lautréamont (1846), José Leandro Andrade (1901), Luis Suárez (1987), Eduardo Galeano (1940), Alcides Ghiggia (1926), José Nasazzi (1901), Juan Alberto Schiaffino (1925), Héctor Scarone (1898), Óscar Tabárez (1947), and José Gervasio Artigas (1764).

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Among POLITICIANS In Uruguay

Among politicians born in Uruguay, Tabaré Vázquez ranks 2. Before him are José Mujica (1935). After him are José Gervasio Artigas (1764), Lucía Topolansky (1944), Julio María Sanguinetti (1936), Juan María Bordaberry (1928), Luis Alberto Lacalle (1941), Fructuoso Rivera (1784), Jorge Batlle (1927), Gregorio Conrado Álvarez (1925), Manuel Oribe (1792), and José Batlle y Ordóñez (1856).

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