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Juan José Arévalo

1904 - 1990

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Juan José Arévalo Bermejo (10 September 1904 – 8 October 1990) was a Guatemalan statesman and professor of philosophy who became Guatemala's first democratically elected president in 1945. He was elected following a popular uprising against the United States-backed dictator Jorge Ubico that began the Guatemalan Revolution. He remained in office until 1951, surviving 25 coup attempts. He did not contest the election of 1951, instead choosing to hand over power to Jacobo Árbenz. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Juan José Arévalo is the 9,820th most popular politician (down from 8,609th in 2019), the 9th most popular biography from Guatemala (down from 7th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Guatemalan Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Juan José Arévalo ranks 9,820 out of 19,576. Before him are Donald Tsang, Roger of Salerno, Armand Trousseau, Sophia Albertina, Abbess of Quedlinburg, Theresa of Portugal, Countess of Flanders, and Jay Rockefeller. After him are Kakha Kaladze, Marie Smith Jones, Krzysztof "Piorun" Radziwiłł, Marie of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, Abdelmalek Sellal, and Eleonora Gonzaga, Duchess of Urbino.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Juan José Arévalo ranks 128. Before him are Ralph Bunche, Tevfik Esenç, Joseph M. Juran, Franz Kutschera, Aparicio Méndez, and Max Mallowan. After him are Seán MacBride, Walter Heitler, Berta Karlik, Alexandrina of Balazar, Frederick Ashton, and Edgar P. Jacobs. Among people deceased in 1990, Juan José Arévalo ranks 106. Before him are Gordon Bunshaft, Semyon Kurkotkin, Alan Perlis, Grethe Ingmann, Mariano Rumor, and Prince Andrew of Yugoslavia. After him are Tom Fogerty, Hayedeh, Xavier Cugat, Berta Karlik, Andrei Kirilenko, and Paul Tortelier.

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In Guatemala

Among people born in Guatemala, Juan José Arévalo ranks 9 out of 44. Before him are Álvaro Colom (1951), Rigoberta Menchú (1959), Efraín Ríos Montt (1926), Carlos Castillo Armas (1914), Jorge Ubico (1878), and Rafael Carrera (1814). After him are Otto Pérez Molina (1950), Alejandro Giammattei (1956), Álvaro Leonel Ramazzini Imeri (1947), Óscar Berger (1946), Manuel Estrada Cabrera (1857), and Álvaro Arzú (1946).

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Among POLITICIANS In Guatemala

Among politicians born in Guatemala, Juan José Arévalo ranks 7. Before him are Jacobo Árbenz (1913), Álvaro Colom (1951), Efraín Ríos Montt (1926), Carlos Castillo Armas (1914), Jorge Ubico (1878), and Rafael Carrera (1814). After him are Otto Pérez Molina (1950), Alejandro Giammattei (1956), Óscar Berger (1946), Manuel Estrada Cabrera (1857), Álvaro Arzú (1946), and Óscar Humberto Mejía Víctores (1930).

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