Juan José Arévalo Bermejo (10 September 1904 – 8 October 1990) was a professor of philosophy who became Guatemala’s first democratically elected president in 1944. He was elected following a popular uprising against the United States backed dictator Jorge Ubico. He remained in office until 1951 surviving several coup attempts. He did not contest the election of 1951 instead choosing to hand over power to Jacobo Árbenz.
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