Ruler · 1926 – 2018

Efraín Ríos Montt

Lived 1926 – 2018; politician, military officer. President of Guatemala (Guatemala), 1982 – 1983.

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

Lived: 1926 – 2018; 92 years
In office: 1 year; one reign
Lines: 1; Guatemala
Left it: deposed; the ruler's own article

President of Guatemala

Guatemala · the 30th of 44 dated reigns · 1839 – 2024

26 before

Enrique Peralta Azurdia1963 – 1966

Julio César Méndez Montenegro1966 – 1970

Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio1970 – 1974

Efraín Ríos Montt1982 – 1983

Óscar Humberto Mejía Víctores1983 – 1986

Vinicio Cerezo1986 – 1991

Jorge Serrano Elías1991 – 1993

11 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, 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 1982 – 1983 · 1 year · came to it aged 56

Left it: deposedread from the ruler's own article

the article also: deposed

However, he was soon forced out of the position over differences with the military high command.

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