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]

María Teresa Sosa
First Lady of Guatemala
In role
23 March 1982 – 8 August 1983
PresidentEfraín Ríos Montt
Preceded byElsa Cirigliano
Succeeded byAura Rosario Rosal López
Personal details
Born
María Teresa Sosa Ávila

(1930-07-12)12 July 1930
Chimaltenango, Guatemala
Died1 October 2018(2018-10-01) (aged 88)
Guatemala City, Guatemala
Political partyFRG (1990–2013)
Spouse
(m. 1953; died 2018)
Children3 (including Zury Ríos)

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.

References

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Honorary titles
Preceded by First Lady of Guatemala
1982–1983
Succeeded by
Board of Social Work of the President's Wife
1982–1983
Party political offices
Preceded by
None
Guatemalan Republican Front nominee for
President of Guatemala
Retired

1995
Succeeded by