María Teresa Sosa

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Sosa and the second or maternal family name is Ávila.

María Teresa Sosa
First Lady of Guatemala
In role 23 March 1982 – 8 August 1983
President	Efraín Ríos Montt
Preceded by	Elsa Cirigliano
Succeeded by	Aura Rosario Rosal López
Personal details
Born	María Teresa Sosa Ávila (1930-07-12)12 July 1930 Chimaltenango, Guatemala
Died	1 October 2018(2018-10-01) (aged 88) Guatemala City, Guatemala
Political party	FRG (1990–2013)
Spouse	Efraín Ríos Montt ​ ​ (m. 1953; died 2018)​
Children	3 (including Zury Ríos)

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]

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

1. Bio Data. Brigadier General José Efraín Ríos Montt
2. Nación
3. Rechazan inscripción de Teresa Sosa de Ríos
4. Prensa Libre
5. Fallece a los 89 años Teresa Sosa, esposa de Efraín Ríos Montt

Honorary titles
Preceded by Elsa Cirigliano	First Lady of Guatemala 1982–1983	Succeeded by Aura Rosario Rosal López
	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 Alfonso Portillo