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Jaime Roldós Aguilera

1940 - 1981

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Jaime Roldós Aguilera (5 November 1940 – 24 May 1981) was an Ecuadorian politician who was the 33rd President of Ecuador from 10 August 1979 until his death on 24 May 1981. In his short tenure, he became known for his firm stance on human rights, which led to clashes with other Latin American governments and poor relations with Ronald Reagan's United States administration. On Sunday 24 May 1981, a plane in which he was travelling crashed, killing all passengers including Roldós and his wife. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jaime Roldós Aguilera has received more than 233,997 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Jaime Roldós Aguilera is the 10,949th most popular politician (up from 11,698th in 2019), the 18th most popular biography from Ecuador (up from 19th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Ecuadorean Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jaime Roldós Aguilera ranks 10,949 out of 19,576. Before him are Christian Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Francesco Venier, Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg, Vitaly Vorotnikov, Hamengkubuwono X, and Archduke Louis of Austria. After him are Charles Floquet, Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Pedro Aguirre Cerda, Ali ibn Muhammad, Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, and Gaius Papirius Carbo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Jaime Roldós Aguilera ranks 228. Before him are Ken Jenkins, Clive Sinclair, Aracy Balabanian, Kishin Shinoyama, Quentin Skinner, and Hiroshi Katayama. After him are Larry Hankin, Peter Mutharika, Gösta Pettersson, Yozhef Sabo, Jesús López Cobos, and Pedro Armendáriz Jr.. Among people deceased in 1981, Jaime Roldós Aguilera ranks 109. Before him are Hermann Esser, Bobby Sands, Norman Taurog, Pedro Henrique of Orléans-Braganza, Walter Heitler, and Edward Lasker. After him are Ricardo Wolf, Julio Libonatti, Agniya Barto, Zoilo Saldombide, Lyudmila Zhivkova, and Josef Silný.

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In Ecuador

Among people born in Ecuador, Jaime Roldós Aguilera ranks 18 out of 147. Before him are Eloy Alfaro (1842), Álvaro Noboa (1950), Guillermo Rodríguez (1924), Frederick Ashton (1904), Jamil Mahuad (1949), and Julio Jaramillo (1935). After him are León Febres Cordero (1931), Rodrigo Borja Cevallos (1935), Oswaldo Guayasamín (1919), Abdalá Bucaram (1952), Mariana de Jesús de Paredes (1618), and José Joaquín de Olmedo (1780).

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Among POLITICIANS In Ecuador

Among politicians born in Ecuador, Jaime Roldós Aguilera ranks 13. Before him are José María Velasco Ibarra (1893), Gustavo Noboa (1937), Eloy Alfaro (1842), Álvaro Noboa (1950), Guillermo Rodríguez (1924), and Jamil Mahuad (1949). After him are León Febres Cordero (1931), Rodrigo Borja Cevallos (1935), Abdalá Bucaram (1952), José Joaquín de Olmedo (1780), Vicente Rocafuerte (1783), and José de la Mar (1778).

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