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Rafael Carrera

1814 - 1865

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José Rafael Carrera y Turcios (24 October 1814 – 14 April 1865) was the president of Guatemala from 1844 to 1848 and from 1851 until his death in 1865, after being appointed President for life in 1854. During his military career and presidency, new nations in Central America were facing numerous problems: William Walker's invasions, liberal attempts to overthrow the Catholic Church and aristocrats' power, the Civil War in the United States, Mayan uprising in the east, Belize boundary dispute with the United Kingdom, and the wars in Mexico under Benito Juárez. This led to a rise of caudillos, a term that refers to charismatic populist leaders among the indigenous people.Backed by the Catholic Church, conservatives of the Aycinena clan led by Juan José de Aycinena y Piñol, and mestizo and indigenous peasants, he dominated politics in the first three decades of Guatemala's independence more than any other individual. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rafael Carrera has received more than 175,672 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Rafael Carrera is the 9,228th most popular politician (down from 9,182nd in 2019), the 9th most popular biography from Guatemala and the 7th most popular Guatemalan Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 180k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.47

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Rafael Carrera has had the most page views in the with 77,888 views, followed by English (19,551), and French (1,967). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Chinese (200.00%), Macedonian (84.85%), and Ido (63.43%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Rafael Carrera ranks 9,228 out of 19,576. Before him are Kurigalzu I, James I of Cyprus, Danilo Medina, Lucius Cornelius Balbus, Matti Vanhanen, and Princess Maria Christina of Saxony. After him are Kuzma Minin, Louis II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica Corculum, Ælfwynn, Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos, and Wilfrid Laurier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1814, Rafael Carrera ranks 35. Before him are Kamehameha III, Josif Pančić, Ernst Curtius, Henri Tresca, Adolf von Henselt, and Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg. After him are Tatya Tope, Ivan Mažuranić, Auguste Clésinger, Miklós Ybl, John Hughes, and Jules Simon. Among people deceased in 1865, Rafael Carrera ranks 38. Before him are Princess Maria Ferdinanda of Saxony, Sengge Rinchen, Felice Romani, Madeleine Sophie Barat, Andrés de Santa Cruz, and Fredrika Bremer. After him are William Jackson Hooker, Friedrich August Stüler, Adolph Kolping, Robert Remak, Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst, and Heinrich Wilhelm Schott.

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In Guatemala

Among people born in Guatemala, Rafael Carrera ranks 9 out of 44. Before him are Rigoberta Menchú (1959), Efraín Ríos Montt (1926), Carlos Castillo Armas (1914), Alejandro Giammattei (1956), Juan José Arévalo (1904), and Jorge Ubico (1878). After him are Otto Pérez Molina (1950), Álvaro Colom (1951), Oscar Isaac (1979), Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes (1895), Alejandro Maldonado (1936), and Manuel Estrada Cabrera (1857).

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Among POLITICIANS In Guatemala

Among politicians born in Guatemala, Rafael Carrera ranks 7. Before him are Jacobo Árbenz (1913), Efraín Ríos Montt (1926), Carlos Castillo Armas (1914), Alejandro Giammattei (1956), Juan José Arévalo (1904), and Jorge Ubico (1878). After him are Otto Pérez Molina (1950), Álvaro Colom (1951), Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes (1895), Alejandro Maldonado (1936), Manuel Estrada Cabrera (1857), and Óscar Berger (1946).

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