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Jorge Ubico

1878 - 1946

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Jorge Ubico Castañeda (10 November 1878 – 14 June 1946), nicknamed Number Five or also Central America's Napoleon, was a Guatemalan dictator. A general in the Guatemalan military, he was elected to the presidency in 1931, in an election where he was the only candidate. He continued his predecessors' policies of giving massive concessions to the United Fruit Company and wealthy landowners, as well as supporting their harsh labor practices. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jorge Ubico has received more than 296,063 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Jorge Ubico is the 8,348th most popular politician (up from 9,005th in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from Guatemala (down from 6th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Guatemalan Politician.

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  • 25

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  • 3.27

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jorge Ubico ranks 8,348 out of 15,577. Before him are Achille Varzi, Hàm Nghi, Jaba Ioseliani, Konstantin Hierl, Tiaa, and James III of Cyprus. After him are Peter Högl, Asin of Baekje, Shao Kang, Bohemond V of Antioch, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, and William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, Jorge Ubico ranks 75. Before him are Carl Sandburg, Erich Mühsam, Jack Johnson, Ernest King, Felix Bernstein, and Ulrich Graf. After him are Myer Prinstein, Edward Kasner, Zabel Yesayan, José Miaja, Paul Hazard, and Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany. Among people deceased in 1946, Jorge Ubico ranks 89. Before him are Jack Johnson, Chen Gongbo, Gerda Steinhoff, Konstantin Rodzaevsky, Max Pauly, and Othenio Abel. After him are Dorothy Gibson, Leon Rupnik, Alexey Sudayev, Bo Gu, Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, and István Bethlen.

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In Guatemala

Among people born in Guatemala, Jorge Ubico ranks 7 out of 42. Before him are Miguel Ángel Asturias (1899), Jacobo Árbenz (1913), Rigoberta Menchú (1959), Efraín Ríos Montt (1926), Carlos Castillo Armas (1914), and Oscar Isaac (1979). After him are Alejandro Giammattei (1956), Rafael Carrera (1814), Otto Pérez Molina (1950), Juan José Arévalo (1904), Manuel Estrada Cabrera (1857), and Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes (1895).

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Among POLITICIANS In Guatemala

Among politicians born in Guatemala, Jorge Ubico ranks 4. Before him are Jacobo Árbenz (1913), Efraín Ríos Montt (1926), and Carlos Castillo Armas (1914). After him are Alejandro Giammattei (1956), Rafael Carrera (1814), Otto Pérez Molina (1950), Juan José Arévalo (1904), Manuel Estrada Cabrera (1857), Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes (1895), Alejandro Maldonado (1936), and Álvaro Colom (1951).

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