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Jorge Eliécer Gaitán

1903 - 1948

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Jorge Eliécer Gaitán Ayala (23 January 1903 – 9 April 1948) was a Colombian politician with nationalist ideals and leader of the Liberal Party. He served as the mayor of Bogotá from 1936–37, the national Education Minister from 1940–41, and the Labor Minister from 1943–44. He was assassinated during his second presidential campaign in 1948, setting off the Bogotazo  and leading to a violent period of political unrest in Colombian history known as La Violencia (approx. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jorge Eliécer Gaitán has received more than 426,848 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Jorge Eliécer Gaitán is the 7,951st most popular politician (down from 7,593rd in 2019), the 31st most popular biography from Colombia (down from 27th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Colombian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jorge Eliécer Gaitán ranks 7,951 out of 19,576. Before him are Werner I, Count of Klettgau, Tengiz Kitovani, Duchess Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia, Alexander Shliapnikov, Helena Lekapene, and Louis VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt. After him are Princess Mathilde Caroline of Bavaria, Semiz Ali Pasha, Ayub Khan, Gotarzes I, Mahinda Rajapaksa, and Mirwais Hotak.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Jorge Eliécer Gaitán ranks 104. Before him are Alice Herz-Sommer, Cornell Woolrich, Victor Brauner, Misao Tamai, Gregor Piatigorsky, and Bartel Leendert van der Waerden. After him are Michail Stasinopoulos, Pedro Eugenio Aramburu, Nikolay Krylov, Nikolai Voznesensky, Alexander Imich, and Adelbert Schulz. Among people deceased in 1948, Jorge Eliécer Gaitán ranks 74. Before him are Harry Dexter White, Manuel Ponce, Arshile Gorky, Paul Wegener, Solomon Mikhoels, and Fakhri Pasha. After him are Kâzım Karabekir, Sonny Boy Williamson I, Achille Varzi, Sabahattin Ali, Henning Jakob Henrik Lund, and Rosika Schwimmer.

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In Colombia

Among people born in Colombia, Jorge Eliécer Gaitán ranks 31 out of 356. Before him are Belisario Betancur (1923), Francisco de Paula Santander (1792), Ernesto Samper (1950), Rafael Orozco Maestre (1954), Manuel Marulanda (1930), and Radamel Falcao (1986). After him are Julio César Turbay Ayala (1916), Álvaro Mutis (1923), Laura Montoya (1874), Camilo Torres Restrepo (1929), Samael Aun Weor (1917), and Gustavo Rojas Pinilla (1900).

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Among POLITICIANS In Colombia

Among politicians born in Colombia, Jorge Eliécer Gaitán ranks 15. Before him are Virgilio Barco Vargas (1921), Íngrid Betancourt (1961), Belisario Betancur (1923), Francisco de Paula Santander (1792), Ernesto Samper (1950), and Manuel Marulanda (1930). After him are Julio César Turbay Ayala (1916), Gustavo Rojas Pinilla (1900), Alfonso López Michelsen (1913), Omayra Sánchez (1972), Andrés Pastrana Arango (1954), and Laureano Gómez (1889).

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