Gustavo Rojas Pinilla
Military Officer, Politician
1900 – 1975
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Who was Gustavo Rojas Pinilla?
Gustavo Rojas Pinilla was the 19th President of Colombia from 1953 to 1957. An Army General, he mounted a successful coup d'état against the incumbent President, Laureano Gómez Castro, imposing martial law and establishing a dictatorship-style government in Colombia.
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- Born
- Mar 12, 1900
Tunja - Spouses
- Children
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Ethnicity
- Colombian people
- Nationality
- Colombia
- Profession
- Education
- Trine University
- Died
- Jan 17, 1975
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on July 23, 2013
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