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  • NAME: Juan José Arévalo
  • OCCUPATION: World Leader
  • BIRTH DATE: September 10, 1904
  • DEATH DATE: October 06, 1990
  • EDUCATION: University of Guatemala, University of La Plata
  • PLACE OF BIRTH: Taxisco, Guatemala
  • PLACE OF DEATH: Guatemala City, Guatemala

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President of Guatemala Juan José Arévalo pursued a nationalistic foreign policy while internally encouraging the labor movement and instituting social reforms.

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Juan José Arévalo was born September 10, 1904, Taxisco, Guatemala. After serving in the Guatemalan ministry of education in 1936, he returned to Argentina, where he held a variety of academic positions. Back in Guatemala, he was easily elected president in December 1944. During his administration a social-security system was established and a labor code was enacted.

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