Person

Federico Ponce Vaides

1889–1956 · 20th century

Federico Ponce Vaides (1889–1956) was a Guatemalan general who became provisional president in July 1944 after protests forced the dictator Jorge Ubico to resign. When he tried to keep power through a managed election, a revolt by young officers, students and workers overthrew him on 20 October 1944, the start of the ten-year Guatemalan Revolution.

Federico Ponce Vaides
Image: Gobierno de Guatemala, Corte Suprema de Justicia · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
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