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Virgilio Barco Vargas

1921 - 1997

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Virgilio Barco Vargas (17 September 1921 – 20 May 1997) was a Colombian politician and civil engineer who served as the 27th President of Colombia serving from 7 August 1986 to 7 August 1990. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Virgilio Barco Vargas has received more than 447,164 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Virgilio Barco Vargas is the 6,717th most popular politician (down from 5,741st in 2019), the 21st most popular biography from Colombia (down from 16th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Colombian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Virgilio Barco Vargas ranks 6,717 out of 15,577. Before him are Władysław Raczkiewicz, Al-Mustazhir, Recceswinth, Belisario Betancur, Gabriel Báthory, and Louis, King of Sicily. After him are Andronikos Doukas, Antonio de Torres Jurado, Æthelred of Mercia, Paul Bremer, Eystein I of Norway, and Gertrud Scholtz-Klink.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Virgilio Barco Vargas ranks 116. Before him are Géza Anda, Ágnes Keleti, Wolfgang Borchert, Arthur Grumiaux, Hannah Szenes, and Esther Williams. After him are Shin Kyuk-ho, Alex Haley, Ralph Asher Alpher, Pierre Clostermann, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, and Manitas de Plata. Among people deceased in 1997, Virgilio Barco Vargas ranks 82. Before him are Manfred von Ardenne, Hugo Gunckel Lüer, Samuel Fuller, Gunpei Yokoi, Hastings Banda, and François Furet. After him are Andrew Cunanan, Walter Gotell, Bo Widerberg, Jean Françaix, Jean-Dominique Bauby, and Allan Edwall.

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In Colombia

Among people born in Colombia, Virgilio Barco Vargas ranks 21 out of 306. Before him are Griselda Blanco (1943), Álvaro Uribe (1952), Sofía Vergara (1972), James Rodríguez (1991), Íngrid Betancourt (1961), and Belisario Betancur (1923). After him are Ernesto Samper (1950), Andrés Escobar (1967), Manuel Marulanda (1930), Darío Castrillón Hoyos (1929), Julio César Turbay Ayala (1916), and Jorge Eliécer Gaitán (1903).

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Among POLITICIANS In Colombia

Among politicians born in Colombia, Virgilio Barco Vargas ranks 10. Before him are Luis Carlos Galán (1943), Rodrigo Lara (1946), Francisco de Paula Santander (1792), Álvaro Uribe (1952), Íngrid Betancourt (1961), and Belisario Betancur (1923). After him are Ernesto Samper (1950), Manuel Marulanda (1930), Julio César Turbay Ayala (1916), Jorge Eliécer Gaitán (1903), Gustavo Rojas Pinilla (1900), and Alfonso López Michelsen (1913).

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