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Carlos Castillo Armas

1914 - 1957

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Carlos Castillo Armas (locally ['kaɾlos kas'tiʝo 'aɾmas]; 4 November 1914 – 26 July 1957) was a Guatemalan military officer and politician who was the 28th president of Guatemala, serving from 1954 to 1957 after taking power in a coup d'état. A member of the far-right National Liberation Movement (MLN) party, his authoritarian government was closely allied with the United States. Born to a planter, out of wedlock, Castillo Armas was educated at Guatemala's military academy. A protégé of Colonel Francisco Javier Arana, he joined Arana's forces during the 1944 uprising against President Federico Ponce Vaides. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carlos Castillo Armas is the 8,211th most popular politician (down from 6,969th in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Guatemala (down from 5th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Guatemalan Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Carlos Castillo Armas ranks 8,211 out of 19,576. Before him are Karl Ludwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Gustav, Duke of Zweibrücken, Fatma Sultan, Deng Yingchao, Phạm Minh Chính, and Ouyang Xun. After him are Ælle of Sussex, Emperor Sanjō, Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, Francisco de Toledo, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, and Charaton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Carlos Castillo Armas ranks 115. Before him are Annie Fischer, George Reeves, Kirill Kondrashin, Jean-Pierre Vernant, Bernard Malamud, and Eugene Nida. After him are Go Seigen, Bill Finger, Erich Topp, Lyman Spitzer, J. Lee Thompson, and George Tabori. Among people deceased in 1957, Carlos Castillo Armas ranks 86. Before him are Pedro Infante, Josef Hofmann, Washington Luís, Zhou Xuan, Rezső Kasztner, and Paul Walden. After him are Elizabeth Hesselblad, Albert Anastasia, Ernst Gräfenberg, Prince Franz of Bavaria, Gheorghe Tătărescu, and Claude Farrère.

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In Guatemala

Among people born in Guatemala, Carlos Castillo Armas ranks 6 out of 44. Before him are Miguel Ángel Asturias (1899), Jacobo Árbenz (1913), Álvaro Colom (1951), Rigoberta Menchú (1959), and Efraín Ríos Montt (1926). After him are Jorge Ubico (1878), Rafael Carrera (1814), Juan José Arévalo (1904), Otto Pérez Molina (1950), Alejandro Giammattei (1956), and Álvaro Leonel Ramazzini Imeri (1947).

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Among POLITICIANS In Guatemala

Among politicians born in Guatemala, Carlos Castillo Armas ranks 4. Before him are Jacobo Árbenz (1913), Álvaro Colom (1951), and Efraín Ríos Montt (1926). After him are Jorge Ubico (1878), Rafael Carrera (1814), Juan José Arévalo (1904), Otto Pérez Molina (1950), Alejandro Giammattei (1956), Óscar Berger (1946), Manuel Estrada Cabrera (1857), and Álvaro Arzú (1946).

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