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Fernando Romeo Lucas García

1924 - 2006

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Fernando Romeo Lucas García (4 July 1924 – 27 May 2006) was a military officer and politician who served as the 37th president of Guatemala from July 1, 1978, to March 23, 1982. He was elected as the nominee for the Institutional Democratic Party (with the support of the Revolutionary Party). During Lucas García's regime, tensions between the radical left and the government increased. The military started to murder political opponents while counterinsurgency measures further terrorized populations of poor civilians. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Fernando Romeo Lucas García is the 13,245th most popular politician (down from 12,900th in 2019), the 19th most popular biography from Guatemala and the 15th most popular Guatemalan Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Fernando Romeo Lucas García ranks 13,245 out of 19,576. Before him are Nofret II, Ambrose Burnside, Phormio, Mustafa Al-Kadhimi, Gerrit Schimmelpenninck, and Artatama II. After him are Alfrēds Rubiks, Bryachislav of Polotsk, Carlo Contarini, Gus Hall, Ólafur Jóhannesson, and Giovanni Gradenigo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Fernando Romeo Lucas García ranks 284. Before him are Dodo Abashidze, George Segal, Philip Stone, William Rehnquist, Pierre Sinibaldi, and Vladimir Semichastny. After him are Yvonne Loriod, Alime Abdenanova, Alphons Egli, John Winter, Michael Sela, and José Lázaro Robles. Among people deceased in 2006, Fernando Romeo Lucas García ranks 210. Before him are Gordon George Avery, Anita O'Day, Chris Heunis, Robert Lockwood Jr., Al Lewis, and Shigeru Kayano. After him are Betty Curtis, Desmond Dekker, Mirko Marjanović, André Schwarz-Bart, Francisco Fernández Ochoa, and Ted Schroeder.

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In Guatemala

Among people born in Guatemala, Fernando Romeo Lucas García ranks 19 out of 44. Before him are Óscar Berger (1946), Manuel Estrada Cabrera (1857), Álvaro Arzú (1946), Óscar Humberto Mejía Víctores (1930), Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes (1895), and Oscar Isaac (1979). After him are Vinicio Cerezo (1942), Ramiro de León Carpio (1942), Jorge Serrano Elías (1945), Justo Rufino Barrios (1835), Julio César Méndez Montenegro (1915), and Kjell Eugenio Laugerud García (1930).

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Among POLITICIANS In Guatemala

Among politicians born in Guatemala, Fernando Romeo Lucas García ranks 15. Before him are Alejandro Giammattei (1956), Óscar Berger (1946), Manuel Estrada Cabrera (1857), Álvaro Arzú (1946), Óscar Humberto Mejía Víctores (1930), and Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes (1895). After him are Vinicio Cerezo (1942), Ramiro de León Carpio (1942), Jorge Serrano Elías (1945), Justo Rufino Barrios (1835), Julio César Méndez Montenegro (1915), and Kjell Eugenio Laugerud García (1930).

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