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Juan Alberto Melgar Castro

1930 - 1987

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Juan Alberto Melgar Castro (20 June 1930 – 2 December 1987) was an army officer in the Honduran military who served as the head of state of Honduras from 22 April 1975 to 7 August 1978, when he was removed from power by others in the military. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Juan Alberto Melgar Castro has received more than 51,901 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Juan Alberto Melgar Castro is the 15,550th most popular politician (down from 14,147th in 2019), the 15th most popular biography from Honduras (up from 17th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Honduran Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Juan Alberto Melgar Castro ranks 15,550 out of 19,576. Before him are Madhavrao I, Rashid Nurgaliyev, Marc Bazin, Béla Károlyi, Naveen Patnaik, and Liese Prokop. After him are Facundo Machaín, Octa of Kent, C. E. Ruthenberg, Æthelred I of Northumbria, Mirko Šarović, and Eardwulf of Northumbria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Juan Alberto Melgar Castro ranks 477. Before him are John Keel, Andy White, Barkat Gourad Hamadou, Vladimir Andreyev, Kenneth Frampton, and Jasraj. After him are Geoffrey Holder, Sachiko Hidari, Alberto Pellegrino, Oscar Rossi, Pepper Adams, and Célestin Oliver. Among people deceased in 1987, Juan Alberto Melgar Castro ranks 211. Before him are Georgios Athanasiadis-Novas, Wolfgang Seidel, Leabua Jonathan, Joan Shawlee, Meena Keshwar Kamal, and Marcos Calderón. After him are Clare Boothe Luce, Arthur F. Burns, James Burnham, Valentín Paz-Andrade, Alexis Chantraine, and George Mikes.

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In Honduras

Among people born in Honduras, Juan Alberto Melgar Castro ranks 15 out of 84. Before him are Juan Lindo (1790), Tiburcio Carías Andino (1876), Juan Orlando Hernández (1968), Ramón Villeda Morales (1909), Carlos Roberto Reina (1926), and Roberto Suazo Córdova (1927). After him are José Azcona del Hoyo (1927), Marco Aurelio Soto (1846), Rafael Leonardo Callejas Romero (1943), David Suazo (1979), Juan Manuel Gálvez (1887), and Carlos Roberto Flores (1950).

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Among POLITICIANS In Honduras

Among politicians born in Honduras, Juan Alberto Melgar Castro ranks 13. Before him are Juan Lindo (1790), Tiburcio Carías Andino (1876), Juan Orlando Hernández (1968), Ramón Villeda Morales (1909), Carlos Roberto Reina (1926), and Roberto Suazo Córdova (1927). After him are José Azcona del Hoyo (1927), Marco Aurelio Soto (1846), Rafael Leonardo Callejas Romero (1943), Juan Manuel Gálvez (1887), Carlos Roberto Flores (1950), and Policarpo Paz García (1932).

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