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Óscar Berger
President of Guatemala from 2004 to 2008
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Berger and the second or maternal family name is Perdomo.
Óscar José Rafael Berger Perdomo (Spanish pronunciation:[ˈoskaɾxoˈserafaˈelβeɾˈʃepeɾˈðomo]; born 11 August 1946) is a Guatemalan businessman and politician who served as the 46th president of Guatemala from 2004 to 2008. He previously served as mayor of Guatemala City from 1991 to 1999.
Early years and family
Berger was born to an upper-class family with large sugar and coffee holdings. His paternal grandparents were Belgian immigrants.[1] He graduated in law from the private JesuitRafael Landívar University.[2]
In 1967, he married Wendy Widmann, also from a land-owning Guatemalan family. He had a son and a grandchild named Juan Pablo Berger.
Political career
In 1985, Berger joined Álvaro Arzú's successful campaign to become mayor of Guatemala City. From January 1991 to June 1999, he was mayor himself. After leaving office, he ran in the 1999 pre
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Óscar Berger
POLITICIAN
1946 - Today
Óscar Berger
Óscar José Rafael Berger Perdomo (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈoskaɾ xoˈse rafaˈel βeɾˈʃe peɾˈðomo]; born 11 August 1946) is a Guatemalan businessman and politician who served as the 46th president of Guatemala from 2004 to 2008. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Óscar Berger has received more than 97,315 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Óscar Berger is the 12,095th most popular politician (up from 12,167th in 2019), the 16th most popular biography from Guatemala (up from 17th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Guatemalan Politician.
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97k
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2.81
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Among POLITICIANS
Among politicians, Óscar Berger ranks 12,095 out of 19,576. Before him are Count Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff, Tahir Yahya, Robert Menzies, Fulgencio Yegros,
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Berger, Oscar
President of Guatemala
Born Oscar Berger Perdomo, November 8, 1946, in Guatemala City, Guatemala. Education: Earned law degree from Universidad Rafael Landivar.
Addresses:
Office—Office of the President, Palacio Nacional, Guatemala City, Guatemala.
Career
Worked in family businesses; formed political group, Comite Civico Plan de Avanzada Nacional, with other business leaders, 1985; became Guatemala City city council member, 1985; mayor of Guatemala City, 1991–99; ran for presidency and lost, 1999; ran again as candidate of new party, Gran Alianza Nacional, 2003; took office as president of Guatemala, 2004.
Sidelights
Oscar Berger twice ran for president of Guatemala, and won on his second attempt, in 2003. Berger had been a popular mayor of Guatemala's capital, Guatemala City, but swore to leave politics after he lost his presidential bid in 1999. Conflict within the political party he had helped found led to Berger's apparent retirement from politics. But he nevertheless returned to the stage in 2003 at the head of a new political party. Berger won in
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