Ricardo Rosales Román (February 14, 1934 – January 2, 2020) was the head of the
Guatemalan Party of Labour (PGT) beginning in 1974 through 1998. His
nom de guerre
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was Carlos González. Rosales joined the leadership of the
URNG in 1986. The PGT disbanded in 1998 after the conclusion of the country's civil war.
Rosales was born in Guatemala City. He was elected to several leadership posts of student organizations while studying at the
Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala
The Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala (USAC, ''University of San Carlos of Guatemala'') is the largest and oldest university of Guatemala; it is also the fourth founded in the Americas. Established in the Kingdom of Guatemala during the Spa ...
in the late 1950s and early 1960s. He joined the PGT in September 1963.
He is a signatory of the
1996 Peace Accords.
He was elected as a member of the
Congress of Guatemala on the URNG ticket from 2000 to 2004. As of 2009, he was a columnist for the Guatemalan daily newspaper ''La Hora''.
He died in Guatemala City on January 2, 2020.
See also
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History of Guatemala
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Guatemalan Civil War
The Guatemalan Civil War was fought from 1960 to 1996 between the government of Guatemala and various Left-wing politics, leftist rebel groups. The Guatemalan government forces committed Guatemalan genocide, genocide against the Maya population o ...
References
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1934 births
2020 deaths
Politicians from Guatemala City
Guatemalan Party of Labour politicians
Members of the Congress of Guatemala
Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala alumni