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Ydígoras previously served as the governor of the province of San Marcos.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"17 October 1895","date":"1895-10-17"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q879275#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Retalhuleu","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1023393"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q879275#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"6 October 1982","date":"1982-10-06"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q879275#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Guatemala City","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1555"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q879275#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Guatemala","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q774"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q879275#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q879275#P106"}},{"key":"party","label":"Political party","values":[{"text":"National Democratic Reconciliation Party","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6972246"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q879275#P102"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"Escuela Politécnica (Guatemala)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1367399"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q879275#P69"}},{"key":"spouse","label":"Spouse","values":[{"text":"María Teresa Laparra de Ydígoras","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q54268296"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q879275#P26"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"president of Guatemala (2 March 1958 – 31 March 1963)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6085537","start":"1958-03-02","end":"1963-03-31"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q879275#P39"}},{"key":"awards","label":"Awards","values":[{"text":"Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17365974","date":"1972"},{"text":"Order of the Liberator General San Martín","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1783970"},{"text":"Grand Cross of the Order of the Quetzal","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42738235"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q879275#P166"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_Yd%C3%ADgoras_Fuentes","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q879275"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes born?","a":"Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes was born on 17 October 1895 in Retalhuleu."},{"q":"What positions has Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes held?","a":"Positions held by Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes include: president of Guatemala (1958–1963)."},{"q":"Where did Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes study?","a":"Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes was educated at 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/miguel-ydigoras-fuentes-e19d2d1668.jpg","width":397,"height":532,"license":"Public domain","credit":"Gobierno de Guatemala","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Miguel_Yd%C3%ADgoras_Fuentes_1950.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_Yd%C3%ADgoras_Fuentes","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q879275","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q879275","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes 1950.jpg by Gobierno de Guatemala (Public domain)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Miguel_Yd%C3%ADgoras_Fuentes_1950.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 Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes 1950.jpg — Gobierno de Guatemala, Public domain.","cite":"\"Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes\". DigiNepal. Last updated 3 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/miguel-ydigoras-fuentes. Retrieved 8 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-03T08:00:38Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-08","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/miguel-ydigoras-fuentes","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/miguel-ydigoras-fuentes","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/miguel-ydigoras-fuentes?lang=ne"}}