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Fernando de la Rúa

1937 - 2019

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Fernando de la Rúa (Spanish pronunciation: [feɾˈnando ðe la ˈrua] ; 15 September 1937 – 9 July 2019) was an Argentine politician and a member of the Radical Civic Union (UCR) political party who served as President of Argentina from 10 December 1999 to 21 December 2001. De la Rúa was born in Córdoba; he entered politics after graduating with a degree in law. He was elected senator in 1973 and unsuccessfully ran for the office of Vice President as Ricardo Balbín's running mate the same year. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fernando de la Rúa has received more than 615,972 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Fernando de la Rúa is the 3,398th most popular politician (up from 4,674th in 2019), the 41st most popular biography from Argentina (up from 57th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Argentinean Politician.

Fernando de la Rúa is most famous for being the president of Argentina from 1999 to 2001. He was the first democratically elected president in Argentina's history.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 49

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.03

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Fernando de la Rúa ranks 3,398 out of 19,576. Before him are Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg, Julius Schreck, Jack Kemp, Devlet I Giray, Alexander Balas, and John Corvinus. After him are Julia Soaemias, Dred Scott, Yury of Moscow, Guo Jia, Aşub Sultan, and Siamun.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Fernando de la Rúa ranks 53. Before him are Vladimir Ashkenazy, Roger Zelazny, Robert Huber, Andrei Konchalovsky, Thomas Pynchon, and David Hockney. After him are Vladimir Arnold, Ferdinand Piëch, Paolo Conte, Robin Warren, Anatoly Sobchak, and Lionel Jospin. Among people deceased in 2019, Fernando de la Rúa ranks 51. Before him are Raymond Poulidor, Kary Mullis, Li Peng, Prem Tinsulanonda, Yasuhiro Nakasone, and Ágnes Heller. After him are Ferdinand Piëch, Sydney Brenner, Moshe Arens, César Pelli, Demetris Christofias, and Danny Aiello.

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In Argentina

Among people born in Argentina, Fernando de la Rúa ranks 41 out of 1,154. Before him are Mauricio Macri (1959), Carlos Reutemann (1942), Ernesto Sabato (1911), Luis Monti (1901), Javier Zanetti (1973), and Roberto Eduardo Viola (1924). After him are Lucio Fontana (1899), César Pelli (1926), Juan Manuel de Rosas (1793), Carlos Bilardo (1938), Chris de Burgh (1948), and Violet Jessop (1887).

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Among POLITICIANS In Argentina

Among politicians born in Argentina, Fernando de la Rúa ranks 15. Before him are Alberto Fernández (1959), Raúl Alfonsín (1927), Richard Walther Darré (1895), Reynaldo Bignone (1928), Mauricio Macri (1959), and Roberto Eduardo Viola (1924). After him are Juan Manuel de Rosas (1793), Violet Jessop (1887), Manuel Belgrano (1770), Eduardo Duhalde (1941), Carlos Saavedra Lamas (1878), and Hipólito Yrigoyen (1852).

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