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Ríos Montt, Efraín

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Personal name headingRíos Montt, Efraín
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Variant(s)Montt, Efraín Ríos
Ríos Montt, José Efraín
See alsoGuatemala. President (1982-1983 : Ríos Montt)
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Birth date1926-06-16
Death date2018-04-01
Place of birthHuehuetenango (Guatemala)
Place of deathGuatemala (Guatemala)
Profession or occupationGenerals Presidents
Found inAnfuso, J. Efraín Ríos Montt, servant or dictator? 1984, c1983: CIP t.p. (Efraín Ríos Montt; Guatemala's controversial born again president)
Guatemala. President (1982-1983 : Ríos Montt). Informe al pueblo de Guatemala, 1983: t.p. (José Efraín Ríos Montt, general de brigada)
New York times WWW site, viewed Apr. 3, 2018 (in obituary published Apr. 1: Gen. Efraín Ríos Montt; b. José Efraín Ríos Montt, June 16, 1926, Huehuetenango; d. Sunday [Apr. 1, 2018], Guatemala City, aged 91; as dictator of Guatemala in the 1980s, ordered fierce tactics to suppress a guerrilla insurgency; later convicted of genocide and crimes against humanity; on Mar. 23, 1982, he and a handful of other officers staged a successful coup; he became head of a three-man junta; rival officers deposed him in a coup on Aug. 8, 1983, after he had effectively ruled as dictator for 17 months)
Wikipedia, viewed Apr. 3, 2018 (Efraín Ríos Montt; 26th president of Guatemala, Mar. 23, 1982-Aug. 8, 1983)
Spanish Wikipedia, viewed Apr. 3, 2018 (Efraín Ríos Montt; 26th president of Guatemala, Mar. 23, 1982-Aug. 8, 1983; the military junta began ruling on Mar. 23, 1982, but Ríos Montt officially assumed the presidency on July 9, 1982)
Not found inWW in L.A., 1971; Libro de oro, quién, 1966.
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