Colombia, Presidents of

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Term
Party
Answer
1886-1894
National
Rafael Núñez Moledo
1894-1898
National
Miguel Antonio Caro Tobar
1898-1900
National
Manuel Antonio Sanclemente Sanclemente
1900-1904
Conservative
José Manuel Marroquín Ricaurte
1904-1909
Conservative
Rafael Reyes Prieto
1909-1910
Conservative
Ramón González Valencia
1910-1914
Republican Union
Carlos Eugenio Restrepo Restrepo
1914-1918
Conservative
José Vicentec Concha Ferreira
1918-1921
Conservative
Marco Fidel Suárez
1921-1922
Conservative
Jorge Holguín Mallarino
1922-1926
Conservative
Pedro Nel Ospina Vázquez
1926-1930
Conservative
Miguel Abadía Méndez
1930-1934
Liberal
Enrique Olaya Herrera
1934-1938
Liberal
Alfonso López Pumarejo
1938-1942
Liberal
Eduardo Santos Montejo
1942-1946
Liberal
Alfonso López Pumarejo
1946-1950
Conservative
Mariano Ospina Pérez
1950-1953
Conservative
Laureano Gómez Castro
1953-1957
Military
Gustavo Rojas Pinilla
1958-1962
Liberal
Alberto Lleras Camargo
1962-1966
Conservative
Guillermo León Valencia Muñoz
1966-1970
Liberal
Carlos Lleras Restrepo
1970-1974
Conservative
Misael Pastrana Borrero
1974-1978
Liberal
Alfonso López Michelsen
1978-1982
Liberal
Julio César Turbay Ayala
1982-1986
Conservative
Belisario Betancur Cuartas
1986-1990
Liberal
Virgilio Barco Vargas
1990-1994
Liberal
César Gaviria Trujillo
1994-1998
Liberal
Ernesto Samper Pizano
1998-2002
Conservative
Andrés Pastrana Arango
2002-2010
Colombia First
Álvaro Uribe Vélez
2010-2018
National Unity
Juan Manuel Santos Calderón
2018-2022
Democratic Center
Iván Duque Márquez
2022-Incumbent
Humane Colombia
Gustavo Francisco Petro Urrego
5 Comments
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Level 67
Feb 28, 2024
Hello. Thank you for the quiz.

I just want to comment that the quiz, in most cases, only accepts the second (and/or maternal) family name as the answer for each president. It would be nice if you could allow the first (and/or paternal) family name of each president as answers, given that in Hispanic countries, that is considered the main family name. Thank you.

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Level 33
Feb 28, 2024
can you further ellaborate?
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Level 67
May 5, 2024
Of course. In some countries like Spain, Portugal and in many countries that were conquered by them (like Colombia, which was a colony of Spain); the naming customs are different from England and the U.S.A.

In Spain, Portugal, Colombia and in most of Latin America, people (generally) have one or two personal names and *two* last names/family names/surnames (the first surname is usually the paternal one, while the second surname tends to be the maternal one. However, if a child's father does not legally recognize the baby, Colombian law dictates that the baby should take the mother's two surnames, so that way what used to happen before that law does not occur: that people know if a person has not been legally recognized by their father because they would only have one family name (their mother's first surname) instead of the usual 2 surnames.)

*So what is going on with this quiz is that it *only* accepts an answer if it has the second or *both* surnames of a president*.

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Level 67
May 5, 2024
In contrast, in Latin America people generally just take into account a person's first personal name and their first/paternal surname. So for instance:

Former president Cesar Augusto Gaviria Trujillo:

1. Cesar (1st personal name)

2. Augusto (2nd personal name)

3. Gaviria (1st/paternal surname)

4. Trujillo (2nd/maternal surname)

He is mostly known as simply "Cesar Gaviria" or just as (ex-president) "Gaviria". However, your quiz only accepts the answer if I write "Cesar Augusto Gaviria Trujillo", "Gaviria Trujillo" or "Trujillo", not if I write "Cesar Gaviria" or "Gaviria".

Nevertheless, I must say that there are some presidents that have the same last name,(they are usually from the same family) like Santos (Eduardo Santos (1938-1942) & Juan Manuel Santos (2010-2018)), Holguín (Carlos Holguín (1888-1892) & Jorge Holguín (1909, 1921-1922)) and Pastrana (Misael Pastrana (1970-1974) & Andrés Pastrana (1998-2002)).

I hope this is helpful &, again, thank you so much for making this quiz.

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Level 33
May 6, 2024
No problem! I will try to make the quiz accept those answers.