Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Gustavo Rojas Pinilla

19th President of Colombia

Date of Birth: 12-Mar-1900

Place of Birth: Tunja, Boyacá Department, Colombia

Date of Death: 17-Jan-1975

Profession: engineer, politician, civil engineer

Nationality: Colombia

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Gustavo Rojas Pinilla (12 March 1900 – 17 January 1975) was the 19th President of Colombia from June 1953 to May 1957.
An Army General, he mounted a successful coup d'état against the incumbent President, Laureano Gómez Castro (1889—1965), imposing martial law and establishing a dictatorship-style government in Colombia.