Ruler · 1900 – 1975

Gustavo Rojas Pinilla

Lived 1900 – 1975; engineer, politician. President of Colombia (Colombia), 1953 – 1957.

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

Lived: 1900 – 1975; 75 years
In office: 4 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Colombia
Left it: deposed; the ruler's own article

President of Colombia

Colombia · the 52nd of 70 dated reigns · 1812 – 2026

48 before

Alfonso López Pumarejo1942 – 1946

Mariano Ospina Pérez1946 – 1950

Laureano Gómez1950 – 1951

Gustavo Rojas Pinilla1953 – 1957

Gabriel París Gordillo1957 – 1958

Alberto Lleras Camargo1958 – 1962

Guillermo León Valencia1962 – 1966

15 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 1953 – 1957 · 4 years · came to it aged 53

Left it: deposedread from the ruler's own article

He was forced to step down due to public pressure in 1957.

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