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Higinio Morínigo

1897 - 1983

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Higinio Nicolás Morínigo Martínez (11 January 1897 – 27 January 1983) was a Paraguayan military officer and politician who served as the 35th president of Paraguay from 1940 to 1948, ruling as a military dictator.Born to a mestizo family, Morínigo pursued a military career, serving as a prominent officer of the Paraguayan Army during the Chaco War. After the war he served in the cabinet of liberal President Félix Paiva. In May 1940, Morínigo was appointed Minister of War by President José Félix Estigarribia. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Higinio Morínigo has received more than 73,356 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Higinio Morínigo is the 12,063rd most popular politician (down from 12,002nd in 2019), the 25th most popular biography from Paraguay (up from 32nd in 2019) and the 16th most popular Paraguayan Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Higinio Morínigo ranks 12,063 out of 15,577Before him are Sewadjkare Hori, Ling Liong Sik, Erich Ollenhauer, Tiburcio Carías Andino, Mulayam Singh Yadav, and Charles, Prince of Nassau-Usingen. After him are Gyula Károlyi, Algirdas Butkevičius, Luis Guillermo Solís, Lucius Manlius Vulso Longus, Yu Zhengsheng, and Bas of Bithynia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Higinio Morínigo ranks 183Before him are Louis Réard, Henry Cowell, André Marie, Isabelino Gradín, Jimmie Rodgers, and Moe Howard. After him are Fletcher Henderson, Harald Sæverud, Ardito Desio, George Murdock, Janaki Ammal, and Zhou Fohai. Among people deceased in 1983, Higinio Morínigo ranks 136Before him are Louise Weiss, Semyon Ignatyev, Edward Lawry Norton, Arvīds Pelše, Mykola Bazhan, and John Bodkin Adams. After him are Romain Maes, Mary Renault, Christophe Soglo, Alan Cunningham, Larysa Hienijuš, and Erich Juskowiak.

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In Paraguay

Among people born in Paraguay, Higinio Morínigo ranks 25 out of 167Before him are Fulgencio Yegros (1780), Aurelio González (1905), Rafael Franco (1896), Roque Santa Cruz (1981), Mario Abdo Benítez (1971), and Luis Vargas Peña (1905). After him are Eusebio Ayala (1875), Ángel Berni (1931), Cayetano Ré (1938), Luis Ángel González Macchi (1947), Eulogio Martínez (1935), and Raúl Cubas Grau (1943).

Among POLITICIANS In Paraguay

Among politicians born in Paraguay, Higinio Morínigo ranks 16Before him are Federico Chávez (1882), Cirilo Antonio Rivarola (1836), Bernardino Caballero (1839), Fulgencio Yegros (1780), Rafael Franco (1896), and Mario Abdo Benítez (1971). After him are Eusebio Ayala (1875), Luis Ángel González Macchi (1947), Raúl Cubas Grau (1943), Federico Franco (1962), Patricio Escobar (1843), and Tomás Romero Pereira (1886).