[PAR] [TLE] Harris Whitbeck, Sr. [SEP] Harris Whitbeck Pinol is an upper-class Guatemalan businessman.  Whitbeck was a presidential candidate for Guatemala's Partido Patriota or Patriotic Party (PP) during national elections held in 2003.  Whitbeck had previously been in the Frente Republicano Guatemalteco or Guatemalan Republican Front (FRG), the political party founded in 1989 by the former Guatemalan strongman and president, former Brigadier General Efraín Ríos Montt, a Christian evangelist who seized power in a coup toppling then dictator General Romeo Lucas García in 1982.  Montt's regime was favored by Ronald Reagan's administration as a staunch U.S. ally and anti-communist bulwark during the turbulent 1980's when civil wars plagued Guatemala, El Salvador and Nicaragua.  Prior to breaking away from the FRG, Harris Whitbeck had been one of Rios Montt's closest advisers. [PAR] [TLE] Efraín Ríos Montt [SEP] José Efraín Ríos Montt (] ; born June 16, 1926) is a Guatemalan career military officer and politician; he served as President of Guatemala from 1982 to 1983.  He was an army general during his time in office, following a coup d'état in 1982.  His military government practiced large-scale violations of human rights and spread counter-insurgency terror among the peasantry.  It constituted a brief, but terrible episode in the Guatemalan Civil War, which lasted until 1996.
[PAR] [TLE] Harris Whitbeck , Sr . [ SEP ] Harris Whitbeck Pinol is an upper - class Guatemalan businessman . Whitbeck was a presidential candidate for Guatemala 's Partido Patriota or Patriotic Party ( PP ) during national elections held in 2003 . Whitbeck had previously been in the Frente Republicano Guatemalteco or Guatemalan Republican Front ( FRG ) , the political party founded in 1989 by the former Guatemalan strongman and president , former Brigadier General Efraín Ríos Montt , a Christian evangelist who seized power in a coup toppling then dictator General Romeo Lucas García in 1982 . Montt 's regime was favored by Ronald Reagan 's administration as a staunch U.S. ally and anti - communist bulwark during the turbulent 1980 's when civil wars plagued Guatemala , El Salvador and Nicaragua . Prior to breaking away from the FRG , Harris Whitbeck had been one of Rios Montt 's closest advisers . [PAR] [TLE] Efraín Ríos Montt [ SEP ] José Efraín Ríos Montt ( ] ; born June 16 , 1926 ) is a Guatemalan career military officer and politician ; he served as President of Guatemala from 1982 to 1983 . He was an army general during his time in office , following a coup d'état in 1982 . His military government practiced large - scale violations of human rights and spread counter - insurgency terror among the peasantry . It constituted a brief , but terrible episode in the Guatemalan Civil War , which lasted until 1996 .
When was the Brigadier General born who was a Christian evangelist who seized power in a coup toppling then dictator General Romeo Lucas García in 1982?
When was the Brigadier General born who was a Christian evangelist who seized power in a coup toppling then dictator General Romeo Lucas García in 1982 ?
June 16, 1926
June 16, 1926