Carlos Arana Osorio
Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio (born July 17, 1918 in Barberena , † December 6, 2003 in Guatemala City ) was a Guatemalan politician and general .
Arana commanded the late 1960s, a military base of the army in eastern Guatemala, where he launched a campaign against the active there guerrilla movement headed. He ran for president of the ultra-conservative Movimiento de Liberación Nacional (MLN) in 1970 and held this post from 1970 to 1974. He used the state of emergency imposed immediately after he took office to fight the guerrilla movement as well as to persecute radical students, trade unionists and opposition politicians .
After the end of his tenure as president, he worked as the Guatemalan ambassador to Nicaragua .
literature
- Carlos Arana Osorio , in: Internationales Biographisches Archiv 34/1975 from August 11, 1975, in the Munzinger Archive ( beginning of the article freely available)
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Julio César Méndez Montenegro |
President of Guatemala July 1, 1970–30. June 1974 |
Kjell Eugenio Laugerud García |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Arana Osorio, Carlos |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Arana Osorio, Carlos Manuel (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Guatemalan politician and general |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 17, 1918 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Barberena |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 6, 2003 |
| Place of death | Guatemala City |