María Teresa Sosa Ávila (12 July 1930 – 1 October 2018) was a Guatemalan politician. She was the widow of

President of Guatemala The president of Guatemala ( es, Presidente de Guatemala), officially known as the President of the Republic of Guatemala ( es, Presidente de la República de Guatemala), is the head of state and head of government of Guatemala, elected to a s ...

Efraín Ríos Montt José Efraín Ríos Montt (; 16 June 1926 – 1 April 2018) was a Guatemalan military officer and politician who served as ''de facto'' President of Guatemala in 1982–83. His brief tenure as chief executive was one of the bloodiest periods i ...

and mother of

Zury Ríos Zury Mayté Ríos Sosa (born 24 January 1968) is a Guatemalan politician. She is the daughter of the late general, and President of Guatemala Efraín Ríos Montt. She began her political career with her father, whom she defended against accus ...

. She was a candidate for the Presidency for the

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in the elections of 1995. Her candidacy was annulled by the Citizen Registry, because she could not be elected to the position under the express prohibition contained in article 186, subsection c) of the

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. She was succeeded as her party's candidate by

Alfonso Portillo Alfonso Antonio Portillo Cabrera (born 24 September 1951) is a Guatemalan politician who served as President of Guatemala from 2000 to 2004. He took office on 14 January 2000, representing the Guatemalan Republican Front (FRG), the party then ...

, who subsequently won the 1999 elections. Sosa died at home in Guatemala City on 1 October 2018 due to natural causes, six months after the death of her husband.Fallece a los 89 años Teresa Sosa, esposa de Efraín Ríos Montt
/ref> She was 88.

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1930 births 2018 deaths First ladies of Guatemala 20th-century Guatemalan women politicians 20th-century Guatemalan politicians {{Guatemala-politician-stub