. "Guatemalan President" . "1889-08-26Z"^^ . "1944-07-04Z"^^ . "1944-10-20Z"^^ . . "1956Z"^^ . "1956-11-16Z"^^ . "Ponce Vaides"@en . "Juan Federico Ponce Vaides"@en . "President of Guatemala" . "1889Z"^^ . "Juan Federico Ponce Vaides (26 August 1889 \u2013 16 November 1956) was the acting President of Guatemala from 4 July 1944 to 20 October 1944. He was overthrown by a popular uprising in October 1944 that began the Guatemalan Revolution.Jorge Ubico, the dictator of Guatemala from 1931 to 1944 was forced to resign on 1 July 1944 by a popular pro-democracy movement. Ubico appointed three generals, Ponce Vaides, Eduardo Villagran Ariza, and Buenaventura Pineda, to a military junta to succeed him."@en .