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Violeta Chamorro

1929 - Today

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Violeta Barrios Torres de Chamorro (Spanish pronunciation: [bjoˈleta tʃaˈmoro]; 18 October 1929) is a Nicaraguan former politician who served as the 55th President of Nicaragua from 1990 to 1997. She was the first and, to date, only woman to hold the position of president of Nicaragua. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Violeta Chamorro has received more than 549,250 page views. Her biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Violeta Chamorro is the 3,361st most popular politician (down from 3,180th in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Nicaragua (up from 6th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Nicaraguan Politician.

Violeta Chamorro was the first female president of Nicaragua. She was elected in 1990, and served until 1997.

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  • 550k

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  • 62.26

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  • 51

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Violeta Chamorro ranks 3,361 out of 19,576Before her are Yolande of Aragon, Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark, Guy III of Spoleto, Aimery of Cyprus, Yasuo Fukuda, and Viracocha Inca. After her are Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur, Infanta Maria Josepha of Portugal, Lekë Dukagjini, Maria Pia of Savoy, Aelia Eudoxia, and Ahmad ibn Tulun.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Violeta Chamorro ranks 69Before her are Ivar Giaever, Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie, Bernard Haitink, Jerry Goldsmith, Gordon Moore, and Peter L. Berger. After her are Ágnes Heller, George Steiner, Albert Azaryan, Imelda Marcos, Mike Hawthorn, and Andriyan Nikolayev.

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In Nicaragua

Among people born in Nicaragua, Violeta Chamorro ranks 5 out of 34Before her are Daniel Ortega (1945), Augusto César Sandino (1895), Anastasio Somoza Debayle (1925), and Anastasio Somoza García (1896). After her are Rubén Darío (1867), Ernesto Cardenal (1925), Barbara Carrera (1945), Enrique Bolaños (1928), Luis Somoza Debayle (1922), Bianca Jagger (1945), and Arnoldo Alemán (1946).

Among POLITICIANS In Nicaragua

Among politicians born in Nicaragua, Violeta Chamorro ranks 4Before her are Daniel Ortega (1945), Anastasio Somoza Debayle (1925), and Anastasio Somoza García (1896). After her are Ernesto Cardenal (1925), Enrique Bolaños (1928), Luis Somoza Debayle (1922), Arnoldo Alemán (1946), Juan Bautista Sacasa (1874), Edén Pastora (1936), José Santos Zelaya (1853), and Emiliano Chamorro Vargas (1871).