Manuel María Orellana Contreras
Manuel María Orellana Contreras | |
|---|---|
General Orellana Contreras | |
| President of Guatemala | |
| In office 12:00, 17 December 1930 – 2 January 1931 | |
| Preceded by | Baudilio Palma |
| Succeeded by | José María Reina Andrade |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 December 1870 El Jícaro, Guatemala |
| Died | 16 June 1940 (aged 69) Barcelona, Spain |
| Political party | Liberal |
Manuel María Orellana Contreras (17 December 1870 in El Jícaro, Guatemala – 17 June 1940 in Barcelona, Spain) was a Guatemalan army officer and politician, and from 17 to 31 December 1930, de facto interim President of Guatemala, after leading a coup d'état that ended Baudilio Palma's interim presidency. Palma, in turn, had been appointed president only four days earlier, when president Lázaro Chacón González suffered a stroke and was forced to resign. At the time the coup took place, Orellana Contreras was commander of the San Rafael de Matamoros Fort in Guatemala City.