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Raúl Héctor Castro

1916 - 2015

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Raúl Héctor Castro ( ; June 12, 1916 – April 10, 2015) was a Mexican American politician, diplomat and judge. In 1964, Castro was selected to be U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador, a position he held until 1968 when he was appointed U.S. Ambassador to Bolivia. In 1974, Castro was elected to serve as the 14th governor of Arizona, and resigned two years into his term to become U.S. Ambassador to Argentina. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Raúl Héctor Castro has received more than 185,503 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Raúl Héctor Castro is the 18,042nd most popular politician (down from 16,616th in 2019), the 517th most popular biography from Mexico (down from 444th in 2019) and the 104th most popular Mexican Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Raúl Héctor Castro ranks 18,042 out of 19,576Before him are Ali Mohamed Shein, Elena Poptodorova, Norman Thomas, Penny Wong, José María Olazábal, and Kathleen Wynne. After him are Bill Kristol, Muath Al-Kasasbeh, Aurélie Filippetti, Barbara Lee, Nikolay Fyodorov, and Dieter Althaus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Raúl Héctor Castro ranks 314Before him are Irene Worth, Stan Cullis, Harkishan Singh Surjeet, Esther Victoria Abraham, Horton Foote, and Eddie Arcaro. After him are Leslie Thorne, William B. Saxbe, and C. Everett Koop. Among people deceased in 2015, Raúl Héctor Castro ranks 526Before him are Sinan Şamil Sam, Pedro Zerolo, Sandy Berger, Irwin Keyes, Camille Muffat, and Lucjan Lis. After him are Muath Al-Kasasbeh, Philip Levine, Bud Yorkin, Roy Tarpley, Steve Gohouri, and John Moshoeu.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Raúl Héctor Castro ranks 517 out of 729Before him are Aarón Díaz (1982), Pedro Soto (1952), Rafael Amaya (1977), Carlos Girón (1954), Ramón Ramírez (1969), and Josefina Vázquez Mota (1961). After him are Blanca Soto (1979), Michel Franco (1979), Armando Manzo (1958), Ricardo Osorio (1980), Miguel Layún (1988), and Guillermo Mendizábal (1954).

Among POLITICIANS In Mexico

Among politicians born in Mexico, Raúl Héctor Castro ranks 104Before him are Juan Bautista Ceballos (1811), Manuel Robles Pezuela (1817), Patricia Espinosa (1958), Sak Kʼukʼ (null), Adrián Fernández (1963), and Josefina Vázquez Mota (1961). After him are Monica Frassoni (1963), Chuy García (1956), and Marisela Morales (1970).