{"id":"jose-maria-orellana","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/jose-maria-orellana","language":"en","name":"José María Orellana","name_en":"José María Orellana","name_ne":"होसे मारिया ओरेयाना","description":"President of Guatemala (1921–1926)","headline":"President of Guatemala (1921–1926)","also_known_as":[],"summary":"José María Orellana Pinto was a Guatemalan political and military leader. He was chief of staff of President Manuel Estrada Cabrera and President of Guatemala between 1921 and 1926, after overthrowing Conservative Unionist President Carlos Herrera. During his rule the Quetzal was established as the currency of Guatemala. Orellana Pinto died under suspicious circumstances in 1926 at the age of fifty-four. He was buried in the Guatemalan capital with state honors.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"11 July 1872","date":"1872-07-11"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q885550#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"El Jícaro","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q984828"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q885550#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"26 September 1926","date":"1926-09-26"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q885550#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Antigua Guatemala","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q212773"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q885550#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Guatemala","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q774"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q885550#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"military personnel","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47064"},{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q885550#P106"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q607331"},{"text":"Escuela Politécnica (Guatemala)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1367399"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q885550#P69"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"president of Guatemala (10 December 1921 – 26 September 1926)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6085537","start":"1921-12-10","end":"1926-09-26"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q885550#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Mar%C3%ADa_Orellana","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q885550"],"faq":[{"q":"When was José María Orellana born?","a":"José María Orellana was born on 11 July 1872 in El Jícaro."},{"q":"What positions has José María Orellana held?","a":"Positions held by José María Orellana include: president of Guatemala (1921–1926)."},{"q":"Where did José María Orellana study?","a":"José María Orellana was educated at Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, Escuela Politécnica (Guatemala)."}],"related":[{"name":"Juan Antonio Martínez","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/juan-antonio-martinez"},{"name":"Alfonso Portillo","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/alfonso-portillo"},{"name":"Otto Pérez Molina","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/otto-perez-molina"},{"name":"Jacobo Árbenz","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/jacobo-arbenz"},{"name":"Álvaro Arzú","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/alvaro-arzu"},{"name":"Álvaro Colom","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/alvaro-colom"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/jose-maria-orellana-b756b76425.jpg","width":500,"height":720,"license":"Public domain","credit":"Jemm5150","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jos%C3%A9_Mar%C3%ADa_Orellana_Pinto.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): José María Orellana","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Mar%C3%ADa_Orellana","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q885550","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q885550","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: José María Orellana Pinto.jpg by Jemm5150 (Public domain)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jos%C3%A9_Mar%C3%ADa_Orellana_Pinto.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article José María Orellana, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: José María Orellana Pinto.jpg — Jemm5150, Public domain.","cite":"\"José María Orellana\". DigiNepal. Last updated 3 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/jose-maria-orellana. Retrieved 6 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-03T08:00:38Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-06","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/jose-maria-orellana","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/jose-maria-orellana","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/jose-maria-orellana?lang=ne"}}