Manuel María Orellana Contreras, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetManuel María Orellana Contreras
Guatemalan military personnel (1870-1940)
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Place of Birth: El Jícaro, El Progreso, El Progreso Department, Guatemala
About Manuel María Orellana Contreras
- Manuel María Orellana Contreras (17 December 1870 in El Jícaro, Guatemala – 17 June 1940 in Barcelona, Spain) 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 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 moment the coup took place, orellana Contreras was commander of the San Rafael de Matamoros Fort in Guatemala City.
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