Efraín Ríos Montt
Guatemalan general who seized power in a 1982 coup and ruled until 1983 during the bloodiest phase of the civil war; in 2013 he was convicted of genocide, a verdict later annulled.
Offices held
Mar 23, 1982 – Aug 8, 1983
Preceded by
Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio Succeeded by
Óscar Humberto Mejía Víctores
Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio Succeeded by
Óscar Humberto Mejía Víctores
Timeline
1927
1934
1941
1948
1955
1962
1969
1976
1983
1990
1997
2004
2011
2018