Rafael Ríos Montt

GPTKB entity

Statements (55)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:political_party
military officer
gptkbp:awards Order of the Quetzal
gptkbp:birthDate 1926-06-16
gptkbp:children gptkb:Rafael_Ríos_Montt_Jr.
gptkb:Zulema_Ríos_Montt
gptkb:José_Ríos_Montt
gptkb:Roxana_Ríos_Montt
gptkbp:controversy Human rights abuses
gptkbp:convictedOf Genocide
gptkbp:court Ríos_Montt_trial
gptkbp:culturalImpact Symbol_of_military_rule_in_Guatemala
gptkbp:deathDate 2018-04-01
gptkbp:education gptkb:Military_Academy_of_Guatemala
gptkbp:family Ríos_Montt_family
gptkbp:governmentType Military dictatorship
gptkbp:historicalContext Cold_War_in_Latin_America
gptkbp:historicalPeriod Debate over his actions
gptkbp:historicalRole Dictator during civil war
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Role_in_the_Guatemalan_Civil_War
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Rafael Ríos Montt
gptkbp:influence Guatemalan_politics
gptkbp:influencedBy U.S._Cold_War_policies
gptkbp:influenceOn Guatemalan_military_policy
Guatemalan_political_landscape
gptkbp:internationalClassification Condemnation from human rights organizations
gptkbp:involvedIn Counterinsurgency operations
gptkbp:key_figure In_Guatemalan_history
gptkbp:knownFor Human_rights_violations_during_the_Guatemalan_Civil_War
gptkbp:legacy Debate over his role in history
Divisive_figure_in_Guatemalan_history
gptkbp:militaryRank General
1940s to 1980s
gptkbp:militaryService gptkb:Guatemalan_Army
gptkbp:nationality Guatemalan
Mestizo
gptkbp:notableWork Military coup in 1982
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Guatemala_City
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Guatemala_City
gptkbp:politicalParty gptkb:Guatemalan_Republican_Front
gptkbp:politicalPosition Right-wing
gptkbp:politicalRole 1970s to 1980s
gptkbp:positionHeld gptkb:President_of_Guatemala
gptkbp:posthumousRecognition 2013 trial for genocide
80 years in prison
Guilty of genocide
Recognition of human rights violations
Impact_on_Guatemalan_society
gptkbp:predecessor Efrain Rios Montt
gptkbp:relatedTo Guatemalan Civil War
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Evangelical_Christianity
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Zulema_Ríos_Montt
gptkbp:successor Oscar Humberto Mejía Victores
gptkbp:termEnd 1983-08-08
gptkbp:termStart 1982-03-01