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Álvaro Arzú

1946 - 2018

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Álvaro Enrique Arzú Irigoyen (Spanish: [ˈalβaɾo enˈrike aɾˈsu jɾiˈɣoʎen]; 14 March 1946 – 27 April 2018) was a Guatemalan politician and businessman who served as the 44th president of Guatemala from 1996 to 2000, as well as several terms as Mayor of Guatemala City. The main achievement of his presidency was the signature of a peace accord with the guerrilla group Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity, which ended Guatemala's 36-year-long civil war. He was elected Mayor of Guatemala City on six occasions: in 1982, when he declined to take office because of a coup d'état; in 1986; in 2003, after serving as president; in 2007; in 2011 and 2015, for a term that would see him die in office. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Álvaro Arzú is the 11,781st most popular politician (up from 12,680th in 2019), the 15th most popular biography from Guatemala (up from 18th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Guatemalan Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Álvaro Arzú ranks 11,781 out of 19,576. Before him are Sextus Aelius Paetus Catus, Sewadjkare, Gabriel Almond, Theobald I, Count of Bar, Luis Abinader, and Eleazar López Contreras. After him are François de La Rocque, Princess Alexandra, 2nd Duchess of Fife, Louis Lansana Beavogui, Pausanias of Macedon, Giancarlo Minardi, and Kleitias.

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Among people born in 1946, Álvaro Arzú ranks 347. Before him are Camilo Sesto, Rocío Jurado, Lesley Gore, María Baxa, Zhang Gaoli, and Roland Sandberg. After him are Yuko Shimizu, Roy Thomas Baker, Ralph Gonsalves, Paul Davies, Blake Clark, and Jiří Bělohlávek. Among people deceased in 2018, Álvaro Arzú ranks 209. Before him are Stanley Cavell, Győző Kulcsár, Sinan Sakić, Bill Slater, Serhiy Tkach, and Kirin Kiki. After him are Naomi Parker Fraley, Jesús López Cobos, Vladimír Weiss, Yoshinori Shigematsu, Miguel Obando y Bravo, and Sergey Litvinov.

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In Guatemala

Among people born in Guatemala, Álvaro Arzú ranks 15 out of 44. Before him are Juan José Arévalo (1904), Otto Pérez Molina (1950), Alejandro Giammattei (1956), Álvaro Leonel Ramazzini Imeri (1947), Óscar Berger (1946), and Manuel Estrada Cabrera (1857). After him are Óscar Humberto Mejía Víctores (1930), Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes (1895), Oscar Isaac (1979), Fernando Romeo Lucas García (1924), Vinicio Cerezo (1942), and Ramiro de León Carpio (1942).

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Among POLITICIANS In Guatemala

Among politicians born in Guatemala, Álvaro Arzú ranks 12. Before him are Rafael Carrera (1814), Juan José Arévalo (1904), Otto Pérez Molina (1950), Alejandro Giammattei (1956), Óscar Berger (1946), and Manuel Estrada Cabrera (1857). After him are Óscar Humberto Mejía Víctores (1930), Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes (1895), Fernando Romeo Lucas García (1924), Vinicio Cerezo (1942), Ramiro de León Carpio (1942), and Jorge Serrano Elías (1945).

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