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Celso Torrelio

1933 - 1999

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Celso Torrelio Villa (3 June 1933 – 23 April 1999) was a military general and a member of the Junta of Commanders of the Armed Forces (1981), who served as the de facto 58th president of Bolivia from 1981 to 1982. A native of Padilla, department of Chuquisaca, Torrelio joined the Bolivian Army and rose to the rank of general. He served as the notorious dictator Luis García Meza's Minister of Interior after the departure, forced by Washington, of the equally-infamous Colonel Luis Arce. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Celso Torrelio has received more than 54,195 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Celso Torrelio is the 14,867th most popular politician (down from 14,168th in 2019), the 47th most popular biography from Bolivia (down from 43rd in 2019) and the 36th most popular Bolivian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Celso Torrelio ranks 14,867 out of 19,576Before him are Roberto Suazo Córdova, Felix de Muelenaere, Haim Katz, Adalbero of Styria, Marcelo Azcárraga Palmero, and Oliver Ellsworth. After him are Mallikarjun Kharge, Francisco Lagos Cházaro, Ferit Melen, Joaquim Nabuco, Tomás Frías, and Princess Marie of Hanover.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Celso Torrelio ranks 372Before him are İsmail Ogan, Ahmed al-Senussi, Alex Cord, Denis Goldberg, Robert Goulet, and Annie Easley. After him are Luka Lipošinović, Norbert Eschmann, William Luther Pierce, Antón García Abril, Anatoly Krutikov, and Peter Härtling. Among people deceased in 1999, Celso Torrelio ranks 210Before him are Hideo Itokawa, Robert Douglas, Owen Hart, João Cabral de Melo Neto, Nikolay Latyshev, and Josef Zeman. After him are Samiha Khalil, Sufia Kamal, Maigonis Valdmanis, Charlie Byrd, Eric Wolf, and Vladimir Yashchenko.

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In Bolivia

Among people born in Bolivia, Celso Torrelio ranks 47 out of 105Before him are Constantino Noya (null), Casiano Chavarría (1901), José Manuel Pando (1849), Bautista Saavedra (1870), Víctor Ugarte (1926), and José María de Achá (1810). After him are Tomás Frías (1805), Mario Alborta (1910), Alberto Natusch (1933), Ismael Montes (1861), David Toro (1898), and Jesús Bermúdez (1902).

Among POLITICIANS In Bolivia

Among politicians born in Bolivia, Celso Torrelio ranks 36Before him are Manuel Isidoro Belzu (1808), Wálter Guevara (1912), Juan Pereda (1931), José Manuel Pando (1849), Bautista Saavedra (1870), and José María de Achá (1810). After him are Tomás Frías (1805), Ismael Montes (1861), David Toro (1898), Narciso Campero (1813), Enrique Hertzog (1896), and Aniceto Arce (1824).