What is Efraín Ríos Montt?
{{Infobox officeholder |birth_name=José Efraín Ríos Montt |image= Efrain Rios Montt (cropped).jpg |caption= Montt during his trial |order=26th [[President of Guatemala]] |term_start=March 23, 1982 |term_end=August 8, 1983 |predecessor=[[Fernando Romeo Lucas García]] |successor=[[Óscar Humberto Mejía Victores]] |birth_date={{birth date|1926|06|16|mf=yes}} |profession = {{Plainlist| * [[Minister (Christianity)|Religious Minister]] * [[General officer|General]] * [[Politician]] }} |birth_place= [[Huehuetenango]], [[Guatemala]] |death_date={{death date and age|2018|4|1|1926|6|16|mf=y}} |death_place=[[Guatemala City]], Guatemala |spouse= María Teresa Sosa Ávila |party=[[Guatemalan Republican Front]] }} '''José Efraín Ríos Montt''' ({{IPA-es|efɾaˈin ˈri.os ˈmont}}; June 16, 1926 &ndash; April 1, 2018) was a [[Guatemala]]n politician. He was [[President of Guatemala]] from 1982 to 1983.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-22486387 | work=BBC News | title=Profile: Guatemala's Efrain Rios Montt | date=May 10, 2013}}</ref> An [[Military of Guatemala|army general]], his time in office was marked by the [[Guatemalan Civil War]]. Years later, he served as president of [[Congress of Guatemala|Congress]]. His daughter is former congresswoman and presidential candidate [[Zury Ríos]]. Ríos Montt died in [[Guatemala City]] on April 1, 2018 of a [[heart attack]] at the age of 91.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/01/obituaries/efrain-rios-montt-guatemala-dead.html|title=Efraín Ríos Montt, Guatemalan Dictator Convicted of Genocide, Dies at 91|first=Stephen|last=Kinzer|date=1 April 2018|publisher=|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commonscat-inline}} *[http://www.cidob.org/es/documentacion/biografias_lideres_politicos/america_central_y_caribe/guatemala/efrain_rios_montt Biography by CIDOB] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140516145058/http://www.cidob.org/es/documentacion/biografias_lideres_politicos/america_central_y_caribe/gua