María Teresa Sosa Explained

Office:First Lady of Guatemala
Term Start:23 March 1982
Term End:8 August 1983
Term Label:In role
Predecessor:Elsa Cirigliano
Successor:Aura Rosario Rosal López
President:Efraín Ríos Montt
Birth Name:María Teresa Sosa Ávila
Birth Date:12 July 1930
Birth Place:Chimaltenango, Guatemala
Death Place:Guatemala City, Guatemala
Children:3 (including Zury Ríos)

María Teresa Sosa Ávila (12 July 1930 – 1 October 2018)[1] was a Guatemalan politician. She was the widow of President of Guatemala Efraín Ríos Montt and mother of Zury Ríos. She was the nominee for the Guatemalan Republican Front for the presidency in the election of 1995. However, the Citizen Registry annulled her candidacy because she could not be elected to the position under the express prohibition contained in Article 186, Subsection C of the Constitution. She was succeeded as her party's nominee by Alfonso Portillo, who subsequently won the 1999 election.[2] [3] [4]

Sosa died at home in Guatemala City on 1 October 2018 due to natural causes, six months after the death of her husband.[5] She was 88.

Notes and References

  1. https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB419/docs/Efrain%20Rios%20Montt%20-%20Bio%20DOD%202%20Apr%2074.pdf Bio Data. Brigadier General José Efraín Ríos Montt
  2. http://wvw.nacion.com/CentroAmerica/Archivo/1995/agosto/22/cablegua.html Nación
  3. http://www.prensalibre.com/hemeroteca/rechazan-inscripcion-de-teresa-sosa-de-rios-en-1995 Rechazan inscripción de Teresa Sosa de Ríos
  4. http://www.prensalibre.com/noticias/familia-tentaculos_0_40796181.html Prensa Libre
  5. https://www.prensalibre.com/guatemala/politica/fallece-a-los-89-aos-teresa-sosa-esposa-de-efrain-rios-montt Fallece a los 89 años Teresa Sosa, esposa de Efraín Ríos Montt