Ruler · 1872 – 1926

José María Orellana

Lived 1872 – 1926; politician, military personnel. President of Guatemala (Guatemala), 1921 – 1926.

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Lived: 1872 – 1926; 54 years
In office: 5 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Guatemala
Left it: died in office; Wikidata's manner of death

President of Guatemala

Guatemala · the 9th of 44 dated reigns · 1839 – 2024

5 before

Vicente Cerna y Cerna1865 – 1871

Manuel Estrada Cabrera1898 – 1920

Carlos Herrera1920 – 1921

José María Orellana1921 – 1926

Lázaro Chacón González1926 – 1931

Baudilio Palma1930

Manuel María Orellana Contreras1930 – 1931

32 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 1921 – 1926 · 5 years · came to it aged 49

Left it: died in officeWikidata's manner of death: natural causes; angina pectoris

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