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Efraín Ríos Montt

1926 - 2018

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José Efraín Ríos Montt (Spanish: [efɾaˈin ˈrios ˈmont]; 16 June 1926 – 1 April 2018) was a Guatemalan military officer, politician, and dictator who served as de facto President of Guatemala from 1982 to 1983. His brief tenure as chief executive was one of the bloodiest periods in the long-running Guatemalan Civil War. Ríos Montt's counter-insurgency strategies significantly weakened the Marxist guerrillas organized under the umbrella of the Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity (URNG) while also leading to accusations of war crimes and genocide perpetrated by the Guatemalan Army under his leadership.Ríos Montt was a career army officer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Efraín Ríos Montt has received more than 594,955 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia. Efraín Ríos Montt is the 5,872nd most popular politician (down from 5,148th in 2019), the 4th most popular biography from Guatemala (down from 3rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Guatemalan Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Efraín Ríos Montt ranks 5,872 out of 15,577Before him are Emperor Wu of Song, Emperor Muzong of Liao, Ercole III d'Este, Duke of Modena, Duke Alexander of Württemberg, William Ernest, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, and John II, Duke of Lorraine. After him are Infante Gabriel of Spain, Johann Patkul, Dost Mohammad Khan, Karl August von Hardenberg, Eurydice of Egypt, and Margaret I, Countess of Burgundy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Efraín Ríos Montt ranks 111Before him are Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse, Hugo Banzer, Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo, Nuon Chea, Zinaida Portnova, and Galina Vishnevskaya. After him are Henry Molaison, Yevgeny Leonov, John Derek, Raul Hilberg, Aaron Klug, and Per Wahlöö. Among people deceased in 2018, Efraín Ríos Montt ranks 84Before him are Hayden White, John Gavin, Thomas A. Steitz, Alan Bean, Ermanno Olmi, and Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza. After him are Keith O'Brien, Paul Virilio, Nicole Fontaine, John Young, Josep Lluís Núñez, and Lill-Babs.

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In Guatemala

Among people born in Guatemala, Efraín Ríos Montt ranks 4 out of 42Before him are Miguel Ángel Asturias (1899), Jacobo Árbenz (1913), and Rigoberta Menchú (1959). After him are Carlos Castillo Armas (1914), Oscar Isaac (1979), Jorge Ubico (1878), Alejandro Giammattei (1956), Rafael Carrera (1814), Otto Pérez Molina (1950), Juan José Arévalo (1904), and Manuel Estrada Cabrera (1857).

Among POLITICIANS In Guatemala

Among politicians born in Guatemala, Efraín Ríos Montt ranks 2Before him are Jacobo Árbenz (1913). After him are Carlos Castillo Armas (1914), Jorge Ubico (1878), Alejandro Giammattei (1956), Rafael Carrera (1814), Otto Pérez Molina (1950), Juan José Arévalo (1904), Manuel Estrada Cabrera (1857), Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes (1895), Alejandro Maldonado (1936), and Álvaro Colom (1951).