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René Barrientos

1919 - 1969

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René Emilio Barrientos Ortuño (30 May 1919 – 27 April 1969) was a Bolivian military officer and politician who served as the 47th president of Bolivia from 1964 to 1966 and 1966 to 1969. During his first term, he shared power with Alfredo Ovando as co-president of a military junta and was the 30th vice president of Bolivia in 1964. General Barrientos came to power after the 1964 Bolivian coup d'état which overthrew the government of President Victor Paz Estenssoro. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of René Barrientos has received more than 288,258 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). René Barrientos is the 4,985th most popular politician (up from 5,117th in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Bolivia and the 2nd most popular Bolivian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, René Barrientos ranks 4,985 out of 19,576. Before him are Archduchess Margarete Sophie of Austria, Otto Hofmann, Emperor Daozong of Liao, Emperor Ankan, Louis I, Grand Duke of Hesse, and Ali ibn Yusuf. After him are Sten Sture the Younger, Borut Pahor, María de Padilla, Claudia de' Medici, Aglaonice, and Gengshi Emperor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, René Barrientos ranks 60. Before him are Mohamed Boudiaf, Ashraf Pahlavi, Hermine Braunsteiner, Ryszard Kaczorowski, Art Blakey, and Valentino Mazzola. After him are Joe Weider, Ian Smith, Licio Gelli, Lauri Törni, Wolfgang Wagner, and Bob Paisley. Among people deceased in 1969, René Barrientos ranks 48. Before him are Boris Karloff, Itzhak Stern, Erika Mann, Zakir Husain, Walter Christaller, and Vito Genovese. After him are Raymond A. Spruance, Korney Chukovsky, Grażyna Bacewicz, Dragiša Cvetković, Eberhard von Mackensen, and Markian Popov.

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In Bolivia

Among people born in Bolivia, René Barrientos ranks 2 out of 105. Before him are Evo Morales (1959). After him are Hugo Banzer (1926), Luis Arce (1963), Mario Terán (1942), Lidia Gueiler Tejada (1921), Luis García Meza (1929), Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada (1930), Víctor Paz Estenssoro (1907), Andrés de Santa Cruz (1792), Jeanine Áñez (1967), and Túpac Katari (1750).

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Among POLITICIANS In Bolivia

Among politicians born in Bolivia, René Barrientos ranks 2. Before him are Evo Morales (1959). After him are Hugo Banzer (1926), Luis Arce (1963), Lidia Gueiler Tejada (1921), Luis García Meza (1929), Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada (1930), Víctor Paz Estenssoro (1907), Andrés de Santa Cruz (1792), Jeanine Áñez (1967), Jaime Paz Zamora (1939), and Carlos Mesa (1953).

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