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Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes

1895 - 1982

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José Miguel Ramón Ydígoras Fuentes (17 October 1895 – 27 October 1982) was a Guatemalan military officer and politician who served as the 32nd president of Guatemala from 1958 to March 1963. He was also the main challenger to Jacobo Árbenz during the 1950 presidential election. Ydígoras previously served as the governor of the province of San Marcos. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes is the 12,212th most popular politician (down from 11,565th in 2019), the 17th most popular biography from Guatemala (down from 13th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Guatemalan Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes ranks 12,212 out of 19,576Before him are Óscar Humberto Mejía Víctores, Phetracha, Peter the Patrician, Isagoras, Judith of Brittany, and Péter Boross. After him are Louis George, Margrave of Baden-Baden, Valentina Grizodubova, Alimardan Topchubashov, Constantine IV of Armenia, Fyodor Rostopchin, and Uranius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes ranks 165Before him are Rudolph Minkowski, Jankel Adler, Fedor Ozep, Morris Kirksey, Walter Bedell Smith, and Immanuel Velikovsky. After him are Earl Thomson, Oscar Hammerstein II, Nigel Bruce, Georg Muche, John Ainsworth-Davis, and Leonid Utyosov. Among people deceased in 1982, Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes ranks 137Before him are Harald Ertl, Art Pepper, Jean Effel, Khalid al-Islambouli, Teinosuke Kinugasa, and Hermann Rauschning. After him are Maria Jeritza, Gunnar Eriksson, Alma Reville, Alberto Cavalcanti, Alfredo Ovando Candía, and Christian Schad.

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In Guatemala

Among people born in Guatemala, Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes ranks 17 out of 44Before him are Alejandro Giammattei (1956), Álvaro Leonel Ramazzini Imeri (1947), Óscar Berger (1946), Manuel Estrada Cabrera (1857), Álvaro Arzú (1946), and Óscar Humberto Mejía Víctores (1930). After him are Oscar Isaac (1979), Fernando Romeo Lucas García (1924), Vinicio Cerezo (1942), Ramiro de León Carpio (1942), Jorge Serrano Elías (1945), and Justo Rufino Barrios (1835).

Among POLITICIANS In Guatemala

Among politicians born in Guatemala, Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes ranks 14Before 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). After him are Fernando Romeo Lucas García (1924), Vinicio Cerezo (1942), Ramiro de León Carpio (1942), Jorge Serrano Elías (1945), Justo Rufino Barrios (1835), and Julio César Méndez Montenegro (1915).