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Hugo Banzer

1926 - 2002

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Hugo Banzer Suárez (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈuɣo ˈβanseɾ ˈswaɾes]; 10 May 1926 – 5 May 2002) was a Bolivian politician and military officer who served as the 51st president of Bolivia. He held the Bolivian presidency twice: from 1971 to 1978 as a military dictator; and then again from 1997 to 2001, as a democratically elected president. Banzer rose to power via a coup d'état against socialist president Juan José Torres and repressed labor leaders, clergymen, indigenous people, and students during his 1971–1978 dictatorship. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hugo Banzer has received more than 451,619 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia. Hugo Banzer is the 5,757th most popular politician (down from 5,419th in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Bolivia (down from 2nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Bolivian Politician.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.97

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.22

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Hugo Banzer ranks 5,757 out of 15,577. Before him are Max Adler, Jia Sidao, Adolf Schärf, Akhmet Baitursynov, Al-Muttaqi, and Vologases III of Parthia. After him are Gaius Flaminius, Prince Wilhelm of Prussia, Sidney Reilly, Qutalmish, Qakare Ibi, and Emperor Wen of Liu Song.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Hugo Banzer ranks 106. Before him are John Schlesinger, Hans Werner Henze, Roger Corman, Patricia Neal, Sydney Chaplin, and Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse. After him are Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo, Nuon Chea, Zinaida Portnova, Galina Vishnevskaya, Efraín Ríos Montt, and Henry Molaison. Among people deceased in 2002, Hugo Banzer ranks 63. Before him are Humaira Begum, Joe Strummer, Mauro Ramos, Agatha Barbara, Pierre Werner, and Sohn Kee-chung. After him are Abba Eban, Joaquín Balaguer, Aileen Wuornos, Infanta Beatriz of Spain, François Périer, and John Entwistle.

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In Bolivia

Among people born in Bolivia, Hugo Banzer ranks 3 out of 78. Before him are Evo Morales (1959) and René Barrientos (1919). After him are Luis Arce (1963), Mario Terán (1942), Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada (1930), Luis García Meza (1929), Lidia Gueiler Tejada (1921), Jeanine Áñez (1967), Víctor Paz Estenssoro (1907), Andrés de Santa Cruz (1792), and Túpac Katari (1750).

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Among POLITICIANS In Bolivia

Among politicians born in Bolivia, Hugo Banzer ranks 3. Before him are Evo Morales (1959) and René Barrientos (1919). After him are Luis Arce (1963), Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada (1930), Luis García Meza (1929), Lidia Gueiler Tejada (1921), Jeanine Áñez (1967), Víctor Paz Estenssoro (1907), Andrés de Santa Cruz (1792), Hernán Siles Zuazo (1914), and Juan José Torres (1920).

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