Ruler · 1888 – 1974

Eduardo Santos Montejo

Lived 1888 – 1974; politician, diplomat. President of Colombia (Colombia), 1938 – 1942.

Wikidata's English label: Eduardo Santos.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 1888 – 1974; 86 years
In office: 4 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Colombia
Left it: left office alive; read off the dates alone

President of Colombia

Colombia · the 48th of 70 dated reigns · 1812 – 2026

44 before

Pedro Nel Ospina Vázquez1922 – 1926

Miguel Abadía Méndez1926 – 1930

Enrique Olaya Herrera1930 – 1934

Eduardo Santos Montejo1938 – 1942

Alfonso López Pumarejo1942 – 1946

Mariano Ospina Pérez1946 – 1950

Laureano Gómez1950 – 1951

19 after

deposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadstill in officeending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1938 – 1942 · 4 years · came to it aged 50

Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1942; they died in 1974

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