Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, 19th President of Colombia (died 1975)

Gustavo Rojas Pinilla was a Colombian army general, civil engineer and politician who ruled as 19th President of Colombia in a military dictatorship from June 1953 to May 1957.

March 12 is the 71st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 294 days remain until the end of the year.