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Valentín Gómez Farías

1781 - 1858

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Valentín Gómez Farías (Spanish pronunciation: [balenˈtiŋ ˈɡomes faˈɾias]; 14 February 1781 – 5 July 1858) was a Mexican physician and liberal politician who became president of Mexico twice, first from 1833 to 1834, during the period of the First Mexican Republic, and again from 1846 to 1847, during the Mexican–American War. Gómez Farías was elected to his first term in March 1833 along with Antonio López Santa Anna, with whom he would share the presidency. Both Congress and the administration elected during his term were notably Liberal, and pursued curtailing the political power of the Mexican Army and Catholic Church. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Valentín Gómez Farías has received more than 179,193 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Valentín Gómez Farías is the 9,689th most popular politician (up from 10,764th in 2019), the 125th most popular biography from Mexico (up from 146th in 2019) and the 51st most popular Mexican Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Valentín Gómez Farías ranks 9,689 out of 19,576Before him are Saad Hariri, Ashur-nadin-shumi, Élie, duc Decazes, Anna Juliana Gonzaga, Caspar Weinberger, and Hery Rajaonarimampianina. After him are Vladimir Dmitrievich Nabokov, Quintus Hortensius, Giric, Cai E, Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto, and Polina Astakhova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1781, Valentín Gómez Farías ranks 26Before him are Johann Baptist von Spix, Andrés Bello, Swaminarayan, Adolphe Marbot, Friedrich von Berchtold, and George Ord. After him are Louis-Mathieu Molé, John Walker, George Dawe, François Habeneck, Christian von Steven, and Giovanni Antonio Amedeo Plana. Among people deceased in 1858, Valentín Gómez Farías ranks 31Before him are Nimatullah Kassab, Felice Orsini, Henry Darcy, Aloys II, Prince of Liechtenstein, Rachel Félix, and Louis II, Grand Duke of Baden. After him are Sigismund von Neukomm, Johann Baptist Cramer, Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck, Charles-Louis Havas, Princess Emma of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym, and Jhalkaribai.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Valentín Gómez Farías ranks 125 out of 729Before him are Fernando Colunga (1966), Rafael Márquez (1979), Juan Ruiz de Alarcón (1581), Lupe Vélez (1908), Manuel González Flores (1833), and Edith González (1964). After him are Abelardo L. Rodríguez (1889), Ricardo Rodríguez (1942), Pascual Ortiz Rubio (1877), Francisco León de la Barra (1863), Ignacio Allende (1769), and Rosario Castellanos (1925).

Among POLITICIANS In Mexico

Among politicians born in Mexico, Valentín Gómez Farías ranks 51Before him are Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada (1823), Adolfo Ruiz Cortines (1889), Isabel Moctezuma (1509), Emilio Portes Gil (1890), Nicolás Bravo (1786), and Manuel González Flores (1833). After him are Abelardo L. Rodríguez (1889), Pascual Ortiz Rubio (1877), Francisco León de la Barra (1863), Francisco S. Carvajal (1870), Claudia Sheinbaum (1962), and José Vasconcelos (1882).