Ruler · 1878 – 1946

Jorge Ubico

Lived 1878 – 1946; politician, military officer. President of Guatemala (Guatemala), 1931 – 1944.

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Lived: 1878 – 1946; 68 years
In office: 13 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Guatemala
Left it: left office alive; read off the dates alone

President of Guatemala

Guatemala · the 14th of 44 dated reigns · 1839 – 2024

10 before

Baudilio Palma1930

Manuel María Orellana Contreras1930 – 1931

José María Reina Andrade1931

Jorge Ubico1931 – 1944

Juan Federico Ponce Vaides1944

Jorge Toriello Garrido1944 – 1945

Francisco Javier Arana1944 – 1945

27 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 1931 – 1944 · 13 years · came to it aged 53

Came to it: elected
Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1944; they died in 1946

A general in the Guatemalan military, he was elected to the presidency in 1931, in an election where he was the only candidate.

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