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Laureano Gómez

1889 - 1965

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Laureano Eleuterio Gómez Castro (20 February 1889 – 13 July 1965) was a Colombian politician and civil engineer who served as the 18th President of Colombia from 1950 to 1953. In November 1951 poor health led him to cede presidential power to Roberto Urdaneta Arbeláez. On 13 June 1953, when he tried to resume his presidency, he was overthrown in a military coup led by Gustavo Rojas Pinilla. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Laureano Gómez has received more than 105,616 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Laureano Gómez is the 11,727th most popular politician (down from 11,431st in 2019), the 52nd most popular biography from Colombia (down from 49th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Colombian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Laureano Gómez ranks 11,727 out of 19,576. Before him are Lucius Caecilius Metellus, Philip II, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe, Grand Duchess Maria Mikhailovna of Russia, Wolfgang Larrazábal, Mubarak Shah, and Josep Tarradellas. After him are Kuber, Princess Elizabeth of Greece and Denmark, Basarab the Old, Évariste Ndayishimiye, Julia Livia, and Grigory Romanov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Laureano Gómez ranks 162. Before him are Robert Z. Leonard, Manuel Prado Ugarteche, Hans Tropsch, Hulusi Behçet, W. S. Van Dyke, and Ernest Marsden. After him are Ralph H. Fowler, Louis Van Hege, Dorothy Gibson, James Whale, Marcel Pilet-Golaz, and Erich Pommer. Among people deceased in 1965, Laureano Gómez ranks 109. Before him are Jānis Balodis, Edward R. Murrow, Clemente Micara, John Kitzmiller, Georges Vantongerloo, and Judy Holliday. After him are Roger Vailland, Ludwik Rajchman, Edgar Ende, Ramón Gil, Johannes Bobrowski, and Adlai Stevenson II.

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In Colombia

Among people born in Colombia, Laureano Gómez ranks 52 out of 356. Before him are Andrés Pastrana Arango (1954), Alfonso López Trujillo (1935), Juanes (1972), Juan Cuadrado (1988), Faryd Mondragón (1971), and Juan Carlos Osorio (1961). After him are Francisco Maturana (1949), Rafael Núñez (1825), Freddy Rincón (1966), Alfonso Cano (1948), Misael Pastrana Borrero (1923), and Guillermo León Valencia (1909).

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Among POLITICIANS In Colombia

Among politicians born in Colombia, Laureano Gómez ranks 21. Before him are Jorge Eliécer Gaitán (1903), Julio César Turbay Ayala (1916), Gustavo Rojas Pinilla (1900), Alfonso López Michelsen (1913), Omayra Sánchez (1972), and Andrés Pastrana Arango (1954). After him are Rafael Núñez (1825), Misael Pastrana Borrero (1923), Guillermo León Valencia (1909), Alberto Lleras Camargo (1906), Carlos Lleras Restrepo (1908), and Antonio Nariño (1765).

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