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Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela

1939 - 2022

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Gilberto José Rodríguez Orejuela (30 January 1939 – 31 May 2022) was a Colombian drug lord and one of the leaders of the Cali Cartel. Orejuela formed the cartel with his brother, Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela, José Santacruz Londoño, and Hélmer Herrera. The cartel emerged to prominence in the early 1990s, and was estimated to control about 80% of the American and 90% of the European cocaine markets in the mid-1990s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela has received more than 7,492,291 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela is the 4,424th most popular politician (down from 3,159th in 2019), the 11th most popular biography from Colombia (down from 8th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Colombian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela ranks 4,424 out of 19,576. Before him are Abdal-Latif Mirza, Emperor Monmu, Marino Faliero, Khabul Khan, Imran Khan, and Danilo I, Prince of Montenegro. After him are Mōri Motonari, Margot Honecker, Takelot II, Euphronios, Æthelberht, King of Wessex, and Cylon of Athens.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela ranks 72. Before him are Fikret Abdić, Marco Bellocchio, Gangubai Kothewali, Leland H. Hartwell, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, and Helmut Haller. After him are Dariush Mehrjui, Susumu Tonegawa, Claudio Magris, Joaquim Chissano, Ratko Janev, and Milva. Among people deceased in 2022, Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela ranks 68. Before him are Jean-Jacques Sempé, Kirstie Alley, Claes Oldenburg, Ivana Trump, Hans Magnus Enzensberger, and Teresa Berganza. After him are Klaus Schulze, Boris Pahor, Cüneyt Arkın, Javier Marías, Sidney Altman, and Edward C. Prescott.

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In Colombia

Among people born in Colombia, Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela ranks 11 out of 356. Before him are René Higuita (1966), Juan Manuel Santos (1951), César Gaviria (1947), Carlos Valderrama (1961), Shakira (1977), and Sofía Vergara (1972). After him are Luis Garavito (1957), Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela (1943), Pedro López (1948), Gustavo Petro (1960), Nicolás Gómez Dávila (1913), and Rodrigo Lara (1946).

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Among POLITICIANS In Colombia

Among politicians born in Colombia, Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela ranks 3. Before him are Juan Manuel Santos (1951), and César Gaviria (1947). After him are Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela (1943), Gustavo Petro (1960), Rodrigo Lara (1946), Luis Carlos Galán (1943), Álvaro Uribe (1952), Virgilio Barco Vargas (1921), Íngrid Betancourt (1961), Belisario Betancur (1923), and Francisco de Paula Santander (1792).

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