Arevalo

Juan Jose Arevalo

  • Birth

    Birth
    He was born in Taxisco Santa Rosa
  • Studies

    Studies
    He obtained his title of primary education teacher-
  • His first book

    He wrote his first book which was used as an official reading text in the country's schools and institutes.
  • Studies

    Studies
    He got a scholarship to study in Buenos Aires Argentina
  • Studies

    Studies
    he graduated as Professor of Secondary Education in Philosophy and Educational Sciences
  • Period: to

    Chair holder

    He was appointed holder of the Chair of Literature in the recently created Faculty of Philosophy and Letters of the National University of Tucumán in Argentina.
  • Return to Argentina

    Return to Argentina
    He returned to Argentina to teach at the University of Tucumán.
  • Return to Guatemala

    He is summoned to join movements that occurred in the country before the Revolution and returned to the nation.
  • Period: to

    Presidency

    He was president of Guatemala for six years
  • Inauguration of IGSS

    Inauguration of IGSS
    This is one of the project for which Arevalo is remembered.
  • Exile

    Exile
    He gave the mandate to Jacobo Árbenz Guzman and Arevalo became roving ambassador.
  • death

    death
    He died in the capital of Guatemala for natural causes in a hospital called El Pilar.