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- NAME: Jorge Eliécer Gaitán
- OCCUPATION: Mayor
- BIRTH DATE: January 26, 1902
- DEATH DATE: April 09, 1948
- EDUCATION: National University of Colombia, Bogotá
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Bogotá, Colombia
- PLACE OF DEATH: Bogotá, Colombia
- Full Name: Jorge Eliécer Gaitán
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Jorge Eliécer Gaitán was a political leader who was considered a champion of the Colombian people and was revered as a martyr after his assassination.
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Jorge Eliécer Gaitán was born January 26, 1902 in Bogotá, Colombia. He organized a short-lived party called Union Nacional Izquierdista Revolucionaria (Left Revolutionary National Union). His maiden speech as a congressman was a polemic attack on the plantations owned by the United Fruit Company. Gaitán served as mayor of Bogotá and minister of education. He was assassinated on April 9, 1948.
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