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Virgilio Barco Vargas

1921 - 1997

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Virgilio Barco Vargas (17 September 1921 – 20 May 1997) was a Colombian politician and civil engineer who served as the 27th President of Colombia serving from 7 August 1986 to 7 August 1990. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Virgilio Barco Vargas is the 6,983rd most popular politician (down from 6,590th in 2019), the 23rd most popular biography from Colombia (down from 21st in 2019) and the 9th most popular Colombian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Virgilio Barco Vargas ranks 6,983 out of 19,576. Before him are Barbara of Brandenburg, Prince Henry of Prussia, Christina Magdalena of the Palatinate-Zweibrücken, Hugh III of Cyprus, Otto Abetz, and Nicéphore Soglo. After him are Ebroin, Ivan Stambolić, Vlad Călugărul, Prince Adalbert of Prussia, Jean Chrétien, and King Ping of Zhou.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Virgilio Barco Vargas ranks 116. Before him are Hannah Szenes, Gavriil Ilizarov, Ariel Ramírez, George Roy Hill, Gene Roddenberry, and Oskar Gröning. After him are Angelica Rozeanu, Stein Rokkan, James Whitmore, Géza Anda, Lidia Gueiler Tejada, and Paddy Roy Bates. Among people deceased in 1997, Virgilio Barco Vargas ranks 82. Before him are Alparslan Türkeş, Stig Anderson, Amado Carrillo Fuentes, Barbara, Héctor Yazalde, and Ernst Wilimowski. After him are Edward Mulhare, Samuel Fuller, Manfred von Ardenne, Kunihiko Kodaira, Son Sen, and Jean Françaix.

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In Colombia

Among people born in Colombia, Virgilio Barco Vargas ranks 23 out of 356. Before him are Sofía Vergara (1972), Luis Carlos Galán (1943), Luis Garavito (1957), Rafael Orozco Maestre (1954), Radamel Falcao (1986), and Francisco de Paula Santander (1792). After him are Julio César Turbay Ayala (1916), Darío Castrillón Hoyos (1929), John Leguizamo (1964), Belisario Betancur (1923), Álvaro Mutis (1923), and Ernesto Samper (1950).

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Among POLITICIANS In Colombia

Among politicians born in Colombia, Virgilio Barco Vargas ranks 9. Before him are Gustavo Petro (1960), Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela (1943), Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela (1939), Álvaro Uribe (1952), Luis Carlos Galán (1943), and Francisco de Paula Santander (1792). After him are Julio César Turbay Ayala (1916), Belisario Betancur (1923), Ernesto Samper (1950), Rodrigo Lara (1946), Manuel Marulanda (1930), and Íngrid Betancourt (1961).

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