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Óscar Humberto Mejía Víctores

1930 - 2016

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Óscar Humberto Mejía Víctores (December 9, 1930 – February 1, 2016) was a Guatemalan military officer and politician who served as the Head of Government from August 1983 to January 1986. A member of the military, he was head of state during the apex of repression and death squad activity in the Central American nation. When he was minister of defense, he rallied a coup against President Ríos Montt, which he justified by declaring that religious fanatics were abusing the government. He allowed for a return to democracy, with elections for a constituent assembly being held in 1984, followed by general elections in 1985. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Óscar Humberto Mejía Víctores is the 12,206th most popular politician (down from 12,185th in 2019), the 16th most popular biography from Guatemala (up from 17th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Guatemalan Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Óscar Humberto Mejía Víctores ranks 12,206 out of 19,576. Before him are Pietro Grasso, Oisc of Kent, Dannel Malloy, William Fermor, Bobby Sands, and Jerry Nadler. After him are Phetracha, Peter the Patrician, Isagoras, Judith of Brittany, Péter Boross, and Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes.

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Among people born in 1930, Óscar Humberto Mejía Víctores ranks 294. Before him are Gregory Corso, Al Lawrence, Jean-Louis de Rambures, John Wood, Roy E. Disney, and Giuliano Montaldo. After him are Stephen Fumio Hamao, Philip Bosco, Guy Béart, Yuri Rytkheu, Pavel Schmidt, and Nino Cerruti. Among people deceased in 2016, Óscar Humberto Mejía Víctores ranks 236. Before him are Manuel Velázquez, Peter Maxwell Davies, Prince Dimitri Romanov, Antonin Scalia, Arnold Palmer, and Roberto Perfumo. After him are Slobodan Santrač, Zoltán Kocsis, Jan Němec, Jamshid Amouzegar, Jiří Tichý, and Doris Roberts.

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In Guatemala

Among people born in Guatemala, Óscar Humberto Mejía Víctores ranks 16 out of 44. Before 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). After him are Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes (1895), Oscar Isaac (1979), Fernando Romeo Lucas García (1924), Vinicio Cerezo (1942), Ramiro de León Carpio (1942), and Jorge Serrano Elías (1945).

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Among POLITICIANS In Guatemala

Among politicians born in Guatemala, Óscar Humberto Mejía Víctores ranks 13. Before him are Juan José Arévalo (1904), Otto Pérez Molina (1950), Alejandro Giammattei (1956), Óscar Berger (1946), Manuel Estrada Cabrera (1857), and Álvaro Arzú (1946). After him are Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes (1895), Fernando Romeo Lucas García (1924), Vinicio Cerezo (1942), Ramiro de León Carpio (1942), Jorge Serrano Elías (1945), and Justo Rufino Barrios (1835).

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