Jacobo Árbenz

Biography

Jacobo Árbenz was a Guatemalan military officer and politician who served as president from 1951 to 1954. As the second democratically elected head of state in Guatemala's history, his presidency marked a brief era of representative democracy amidst a tumultuous ten-year revolution. His landmark agrarian reform program had significant influence across Latin America, cementing his legacy in Guatemalan politics and beyond.