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Carlos Andrés Pérez

1922 - 2010

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Carlos Andrés Pérez Rodríguez (27 October 1922 – 25 December 2010) also known as CAP and often referred to as El Gocho (due to his Andean origins), was a Venezuelan politician who served as the 47th and 50th president of Venezuela from 1974 to 1979 and again from 1989 to 1993. He was one of the founders of Acción Democrática, the dominant political party in Venezuela during the second half of the twentieth century. After the fall of dictator Marcos Pérez Jiménez and returning from exile, Pérez served as the interior affairs minister for Rómulo Betancourt between 1959 and 1964, when he became known for his tough response against guerrillas. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carlos Andrés Pérez has received more than 519,290 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Carlos Andrés Pérez is the 5,544th most popular politician (up from 5,964th in 2019), the 11th most popular biography from Venezuela and the 7th most popular Venezuelan Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Carlos Andrés Pérez ranks 5,544 out of 19,576. Before him are Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild, Nubar Pasha, Mustafa Reşid Pasha, Yoshirō Mori, Hōjō Masako, and Mirsaid Sultan-Galiev. After him are François Fillon, Ernest Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus, Duke Pius August in Bavaria, Gerardo Machado, and Anton Mussert.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Carlos Andrés Pérez ranks 88. Before him are John B. Goodenough, Damiano Damiani, Barbara Bel Geddes, Roger Etchegaray, Árpád Göncz, and Patrick Macnee. After him are George Blake, Jenny-Wanda Barkmann, Ralph H. Baer, Abdul Razak Hussein, Yvonne De Carlo, and Jean-Pierre Rampal. Among people deceased in 2010, Carlos Andrés Pérez ranks 59. Before him are Antony Flew, Anton Geesink, Milka Planinc, Patricia Neal, John Forsythe, and Hwang Jang-yop. After him are Wolfgang Wagner, Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy, Giulietta Simionato, Bent Larsen, Luis Corvalán, and Ariel Ramírez.

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In Venezuela

Among people born in Venezuela, Carlos Andrés Pérez ranks 11 out of 183. Before him are Francisco de Miranda (1750), Antonio José de Sucre (1795), Baruj Benacerraf (1920), Carolina Herrera (1939), Rafael Caldera (1916), and Reynaldo Hahn (1874). After him are Rómulo Betancourt (1908), Juan José Flores (1800), Ramón José Velásquez (1916), Marcos Pérez Jiménez (1914), Juan Vicente Gómez (1857), and José Antonio Páez (1790).

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Among POLITICIANS In Venezuela

Among politicians born in Venezuela, Carlos Andrés Pérez ranks 7. Before him are Simón Bolívar (1783), Hugo Chávez (1954), Nicolás Maduro (1962), Antonio José de Sucre (1795), Carolina Herrera (1939), and Rafael Caldera (1916). After him are Rómulo Betancourt (1908), Ramón José Velásquez (1916), Marcos Pérez Jiménez (1914), Juan Vicente Gómez (1857), José Antonio Páez (1790), and Andrés Bello (1781).

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