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María Teresa Sosa

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María Teresa Sosa
First Lady of Guatemala
In role
March 23, 1982 – August 8, 1983
PresidentEfraín Ríos Montt
Preceded byElsa Cirigliano
Succeeded byAura Rosario Rosal López
Personal details
Born
María Teresa Sosa Ávila

(1930-07-12)July 12, 1930
Chimaltenango, Guatemala
DiedOctober 1, 2018(2018-10-01) (aged 88)
Guatemala City, Guatemala
Political partyFRG (1990-2013)
Spouse
(m. 1953; died 2018)
Children3 (including Zury Ríos)

María Teresa Sosa Ávila (July 12, 1930 – October 1, 2018)[1] was a Guatemalan politician. She was the widow of President of Guatemala Efraín Ríos Montt and mother of Zury Ríos. She was a candidate for the Presidency for the Guatemalan Republican Front in the elections of 1995. Her candidacy was annulled by the Citizen Registry, because she could not be elected to the position under the express prohibition contained in article 186, subsection c) of the Constitution of Guatemala. She was succeeded as her party's candidate by Alfonso Portillo, who subsequently won the 1999 elections.[2][3][4]

Sosa died at home in Guatemala City on October 1, 2018 due to natural causes, six months after the death of her husband.[5] She was 88.

References

Honorary titles
Preceded by First Lady of Guatemala
1982–1983
Succeeded by
Board of Social Work of the President's Wife
1982–1983
Party political offices
Preceded by
None
Guatemalan Republican Front nominee for
President of Guatemala
Retired

1995
Succeeded by