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Álvaro Colom

1951 - 2023

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Álvaro Colom Caballeros (Spanish: [ˈalβaɾo koˈlon]; 15 June 1951 – 23 January 2023) was a Guatemalan engineer, businessman, and politician who served as the 47th president of Guatemala from 2008 to 2012, as well as the General-Secretary of the political party, National Unity of Hope (UNE). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Álvaro Colom is the 4,827th most popular politician (up from 9,852nd in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Guatemala (up from 11th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Guatemalan Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Álvaro Colom ranks 4,827 out of 19,576Before him are Otto Georg Thierack, Achila II, Margot Honecker, Otto, Duke of Austria, Ziusudra, and Hetepheres II. After him are Franz Mehring, Xin Zhui, François d'Orléans, Prince of Joinville, L'Inconnue de la Seine, Emperor Ankan, and Pedro Sánchez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Álvaro Colom ranks 72Before him are Sergei Skripal, Patrick Allen, Queen Noor of Jordan, Marvin Heemeyer, Mark Harmon, and Fernando Lugo. After him are Jarmila Kratochvílová, Jaco Pastorius, Ben Feringa, Michèle Mouton, Ronald DeFeo Jr., and Angelique Rockas. Among people deceased in 2023, Álvaro Colom ranks 78Before him are Hans Modrow, Dick Fosbury, Charles Simic, Gianluca Vialli, Renata Scotto, and Superstar Billy Graham. After him are Burt Bacharach, Amancio Amaro, Mircea Snegur, Maryanne Trump Barry, Leiji Matsumoto, and Otar Iosseliani.

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In Guatemala

Among people born in Guatemala, Álvaro Colom ranks 3 out of 44Before him are Miguel Ángel Asturias (1899), and Jacobo Árbenz (1913). After him are Rigoberta Menchú (1959), Efraín Ríos Montt (1926), Carlos Castillo Armas (1914), Jorge Ubico (1878), Rafael Carrera (1814), Juan José Arévalo (1904), Otto Pérez Molina (1950), Alejandro Giammattei (1956), and Álvaro Leonel Ramazzini Imeri (1947).

Among POLITICIANS In Guatemala

Among politicians born in Guatemala, Álvaro Colom ranks 2Before him are Jacobo Árbenz (1913). After him are Efraín Ríos Montt (1926), Carlos Castillo Armas (1914), Jorge Ubico (1878), Rafael Carrera (1814), Juan José Arévalo (1904), Otto Pérez Molina (1950), Alejandro Giammattei (1956), Óscar Berger (1946), Manuel Estrada Cabrera (1857), and Álvaro Arzú (1946).