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Manuel María Orellana Contreras

Guatemalan military personnel (1870-1940) · Died at 69

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Manuel María Orellana Contreras was a Guatemalan army officer and politician, and from 17 to 31 December 1930, de facto interim President of Guatemala, after leading a coup d'état that ended Baudilio Palma's interim presidency.

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Front page of the Guatemalan newspaper Nuestro Diario, where the news of the coup d'état led by Orellana Contreras is reported.[2]Front page of the Guatemalan newspaper Nuestro Diario, where the news of the coup d'état led by Orellana Contreras is reported.[2]General Orellana Contreras (center) with some relatives in Barcelona, ca. 1938.General Orellana Contreras (center) with some relatives in Barcelona, ca. 1938.

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Manuel María Orellana Contreras was a Guatemalan army officer and politician, and from 17 to 31 December 1930, de facto interim President of Guatemala, after leading a coup d'état that ended Baudilio Palma's interim presidency. Palma, in turn, had been appointed president only four days earlier, when president Lázaro Chacón González suffered a stroke and was forced to resign. At the time the coup took place, Orellana Contreras was commander of the San Rafael de Matamoros Fort in Guatemala City.

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Lived 1870 to 1940 · aged 69

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