{"id":"rafael-carrera","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/rafael-carrera","language":"en","name":"Rafael Carrera","name_en":"Rafael Carrera","name_ne":null,"description":"President of Guatemala (1815-1865)","headline":"President of Guatemala (1815-1865)","also_known_as":[],"summary":"José Rafael Carrera y Turcios was the president of Guatemala from 1844 to 1848 and from 1851 until his death in 1865, after being appointed president for life in 1854. He ruled during the establishment of new Central American nations and William Walker's invasions, liberal attempts to overthrow him, Mayan uprisings in the east, the Belize boundary dispute with the United Kingdom, and conflicts in Mexico under Benito Juárez. Carrera is seen as a caudillo, a term that refers to Latin American charismatic populist leaders of military background, sometimes among indigenous people.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"24 October 1815","date":"1815-10-24"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q365381#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Guatemala City","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1555"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q365381#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"14 April 1865","date":"1865-04-14"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q365381#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/Q365381#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Federal Republic of Central America","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q190025"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q365381#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"},{"text":"military personnel","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47064"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q365381#P106"}},{"key":"party","label":"Political party","values":[{"text":"Conservative Party","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5163058"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q365381#P102"}},{"key":"spouse","label":"Spouse","values":[{"text":"Petrona Álvarez de Carrera","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19648603"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q365381#P26"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"president of Guatemala (6 November 1851 – 14 April 1865)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6085537","start":"1851-11-06","end":"1865-04-14"},{"text":"president of Guatemala (21 March 1847 – 17 August 1848)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6085537","start":"1847-03-21","end":"1848-08-17"},{"text":"Jefe Supremo del Estado de Guatemala (4 December 1844 – 21 March 1847)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61652464","start":"1844-12-04","end":"1847-03-21"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q365381#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Carrera","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q365381"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Rafael Carrera born?","a":"Rafael Carrera was born on 24 October 1815 in Guatemala City."},{"q":"What positions has Rafael Carrera held?","a":"Positions held by Rafael Carrera include: president of Guatemala (1851–1865); president of Guatemala (1847–1848); Jefe Supremo del Estado de Guatemala (1844–1847)."}],"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"},{"name":"Mariano Rivera Paz","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/mariano-rivera-paz"},{"name":"Antonio Rivera Cabezas","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/antonio-rivera-cabezas"},{"name":"José Francisco Barrundia","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/jose-francisco-barrundia"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/rafael-carrera-57d6ed9eee.jpg","width":500,"height":668,"license":"Public domain","credit":"Unidentified painter","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Carrerayturcios_2014-06-22_09-46.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Rafael Carrera","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Carrera","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q365381","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q365381","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Carrerayturcios 2014-06-22 09-46.jpg by Unidentified painter (Public domain)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Carrerayturcios_2014-06-22_09-46.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 Rafael Carrera, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Carrerayturcios 2014-06-22 09-46.jpg — Unidentified painter, Public domain.","cite":"\"Rafael Carrera\". DigiNepal. Last updated 3 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/rafael-carrera. Retrieved 7 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-03T06:43:32Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-06","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/rafael-carrera","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/rafael-carrera","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/rafael-carrera?lang=ne"}}