1926 - 2018
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, Efraín Ríos Montt ranks 5,872 out of 15,577. Before 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.
363 - 422
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 5,866
931 - 969
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 5,867
1727 - 1803
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 5,868
1804 - 1881
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 5,869
1876 - 1923
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 5,870
1425 - 1470
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 5,871
1926 - 2018
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 5,872
1752 - 1788
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 5,873
1660 - 1707
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 5,874
1793 - 1863
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 5,875
1750 - 1822
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 5,876
400 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 57.28
Rank: 5,877
1309 - 1382
HPI: 57.28
Rank: 5,878
Among people born in 1926, Efraín Ríos Montt ranks 111. Before 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 84. Before 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.
1926 - 2013
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 105
1926 - 2002
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 106
1926 - 2008
HPI: 57.44
Rank: 107
1926 - 2019
HPI: 57.42
Rank: 108
1926 - 1944
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 109
1926 - 2012
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 110
1926 - 2018
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 111
1926 - 2008
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 112
1926 - 1994
HPI: 57.15
Rank: 113
1926 - 1998
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 114
1926 - 2007
HPI: 56.88
Rank: 115
1926 - 2018
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 116
1926 - 1975
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 117
1928 - 2018
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 78
1931 - 2018
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 79
1940 - 2018
HPI: 57.63
Rank: 80
1932 - 2018
HPI: 57.35
Rank: 81
1931 - 2018
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 82
1922 - 2018
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 83
1926 - 2018
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 84
1938 - 2018
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 85
1932 - 2018
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 86
1942 - 2018
HPI: 57.06
Rank: 87
1930 - 2018
HPI: 56.94
Rank: 88
1931 - 2018
HPI: 56.93
Rank: 89
1938 - 2018
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 90
Among people born in Guatemala, Efraín Ríos Montt ranks 4 out of 42. Before 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).
1899 - 1974
HPI: 65.58
Rank: 1
1913 - 1971
HPI: 62.04
Rank: 2
1959 - Present
HPI: 58.68
Rank: 3
1926 - 2018
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 4
1914 - 1957
HPI: 56.34
Rank: 5
1979 - Present
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 6
1878 - 1946
HPI: 54.13
Rank: 7
1956 - Present
HPI: 53.55
Rank: 8
1814 - 1865
HPI: 53.14
Rank: 9
1950 - Present
HPI: 51.95
Rank: 10
1904 - 1990
HPI: 51.48
Rank: 11
1857 - 1924
HPI: 50.12
Rank: 12
Among politicians born in Guatemala, Efraín Ríos Montt ranks 2. Before 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).
1913 - 1971
HPI: 62.04
Rank: 1
1926 - 2018
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 2
1914 - 1957
HPI: 56.34
Rank: 3
1878 - 1946
HPI: 54.13
Rank: 4
1956 - Present
HPI: 53.55
Rank: 5
1814 - 1865
HPI: 53.14
Rank: 6
1950 - Present
HPI: 51.95
Rank: 7
1904 - 1990
HPI: 51.48
Rank: 8
1857 - 1924
HPI: 50.12
Rank: 9
1895 - 1982
HPI: 49.91
Rank: 10
1936 - Present
HPI: 49.70
Rank: 11
1951 - 2023
HPI: 49.53
Rank: 12