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Valentín Paniagua

1936 - 2006

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Valentín Toribio Demetrio Agustin Paniagua Corazao (23 September 1936 – 16 October 2006) was a Peruvian lawyer and politician who briefly served as 55th President of Peru from 2000 to 2001. Elected President of Congress on 16 November 2000, he ascended to the presidency as incumbent Alberto Fujimori and both his Vice Presidents resigned by 22 November 2000. Due to Fujimori shortening his presidential term in order to expire on 28 July 2001, Paniagua's main task was to oversee the new elections. Paniagua was a longtime member of Popular Action, serving as Secretary General and Party President. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Valentín Paniagua is the 9,299th most popular politician (up from 9,652nd in 2019), the 45th most popular biography from Peru (up from 47th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Peruvian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Valentín Paniagua ranks 9,299 out of 19,576Before him are Oliver Winchester, Nizamüddin Ahmed Pasha, Étienne Tshisekedi, Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Christian Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach, and Louis, King of Sicily. After him are Émile Ollivier, Vitale II Michiel, Shulamit Aloni, William II, Duke of Apulia, George II of Bulgaria, and Nicolás Bravo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Valentín Paniagua ranks 185Before him are Solomon Burke, Šaban Bajramović, Jozef Vengloš, Norma Aleandro, Gabriel Matzneff, and Joaquín Peiró. After him are Andrej Kvašňák, Carl, Duke of Württemberg, Carla Bley, Slava Metreveli, Ferran Olivella, and Antonio María Rouco Varela. Among people deceased in 2006, Valentín Paniagua ranks 130Before him are Alberto Spencer, Nina Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg, Silva Kaputikyan, Don Thompson, Malcolm Arnold, and Yuval Ne'eman. After him are Asima Chatterjee, Igor Sergeyev, Joe Rosenthal, William Auld, Basil Poledouris, and Richard Kuklinski.

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In Peru

Among people born in Peru, Valentín Paniagua ranks 45 out of 287Before him are José Carlos Mariátegui (1894), Cápac Yupanqui (1320), Juliane Koepcke (1954), Titu Cusi (1535), Hugo Sotil (1949), and Ollanta Humala (1962). After him are Francisco Sagasti (1944), Fernando Fernán Gómez (1921), Claudio Pizarro (1978), Manuel A. Odría (1896), José María Arguedas (1911), and Agustín Gamarra (1785).

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Among POLITICIANS In Peru

Among politicians born in Peru, Valentín Paniagua ranks 23Before him are Sayri Túpac (1535), Lloque Yupanqui (1260), Yawar Waqaq (1380), Cápac Yupanqui (1320), Titu Cusi (1535), and Ollanta Humala (1962). After him are Francisco Sagasti (1944), Manuel A. Odría (1896), Agustín Gamarra (1785), Manuel Prado Ugarteche (1889), Óscar R. Benavides (1876), and Augusto B. Leguía (1863).