Ruler · 1908 – 1997

Enrique Peralta Azurdia

Lived 1908 – 1997; politician. President of Guatemala (Guatemala), 1963 – 1966.

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Lived: 1908 – 1997; 89 years
In office: 3 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Guatemala
Left it: left office alive; read off the dates alone

President of Guatemala

Guatemala · the 27th of 44 dated reigns · 1839 – 2024

23 before

Luis Arturo González López1957

Guillermo Flores Avendaño1957 – 1958

Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes1958 – 1963

Enrique Peralta Azurdia1963 – 1966

Julio César Méndez Montenegro1966 – 1970

Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio1970 – 1974

Efraín Ríos Montt1982 – 1983

14 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 1963 – 1966 · 3 years · came to it aged 55

Came to it: seized power
Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1966; they died in 1997

On March 31, 1963, Peralta came to power via a coup d'état, overthrowing Ydígoras.

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