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Luis Carlos Galán

1943 - 1989

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Luis Carlos Galán Sarmiento (29 September 1943 – 18 August 1989) was a Colombian liberal politician and journalist who ran for the Presidency of Colombia on two occasions, the first time for the political movement New Liberalism that he founded in 1979. The movement was an offspring of the mainstream Colombian Liberal Party, and with mediation of former Liberal president Julio César Turbay Ayala, Galán returned to the Liberal party in 1989 and sought the nomination for the 1990 presidential election, but was assassinated before the vote took place. Galán declared himself an enemy of the drug cartels and the influence of the mafia in Colombian politics, in this case the main drug cartel being the Medellin Cartel led by Pablo Escobar and who unsuccessfully tried to become a member of the New Liberalism Movement in his bid to become a member of the Colombian House of Representatives. Galán denounced Pablo Escobar in a public rally, and supported the extradition treaty with the U.S, contrary to the wishes of the Colombian cartels that feared extradition to the U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Luis Carlos Galán has received more than 2,720,011 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Luis Carlos Galán is the 5,912th most popular politician (down from 4,818th in 2019), the 19th most popular biography from Colombia (down from 10th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Colombian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Luis Carlos Galán ranks 5,912 out of 19,576. Before him are Quintus Mucius Scaevola Pontifex, Franz Vranitzky, Ahmed Shafik, Lamberto Dini, Yejong of Goryeo, and Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria. After him are Wellington Koo, John I, Duke of Alençon, Jan Peter Balkenende, Ron Paul, Ordoño III of León, and Archduchess Barbara of Austria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Luis Carlos Galán ranks 133. Before him are Lorenzo Sanz, Paul Michael Glaser, Paul Wolfowitz, Wallace Shawn, Köbi Kuhn, and Hervé Villechaize. After him are Ken Norton, Robbie Robertson, Richard Sennett, Masafumi Hara, Jack Bruce, and Lin Shaye. Among people deceased in 1989, Luis Carlos Galán ranks 69. Before him are A. J. Ayer, Leonardo Sciascia, Werner Best, Franklin J. Schaffner, Bernard Blier, and Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev. After him are Victor French, R. D. Laing, Minoru Genda, Lucille Ball, Princess Deokhye, and Boris Skossyreff.

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In Colombia

Among people born in Colombia, Luis Carlos Galán ranks 19 out of 356. Before him are Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela (1943), Pedro López (1948), Gustavo Petro (1960), Nicolás Gómez Dávila (1913), Rodrigo Lara (1946), and John Leguizamo (1964). After him are Álvaro Uribe (1952), Virgilio Barco Vargas (1921), James Rodríguez (1991), Íngrid Betancourt (1961), Andrés Escobar (1967), and Belisario Betancur (1923).

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Among POLITICIANS In Colombia

Among politicians born in Colombia, Luis Carlos Galán ranks 7. Before him are Juan Manuel Santos (1951), César Gaviria (1947), Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela (1939), Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela (1943), Gustavo Petro (1960), and Rodrigo Lara (1946). After him are Álvaro Uribe (1952), Virgilio Barco Vargas (1921), Íngrid Betancourt (1961), Belisario Betancur (1923), Francisco de Paula Santander (1792), and Ernesto Samper (1950).

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