María Teresa Sosa

María Teresa Sosa Ávila was a Guatemalan politician. She was the widow of President of Guatemala Efraín Ríos Montt and mother of Zury Ríos. She was a candidate for the Presidency for the Guatemalan Republican Front in the elections of 1995. Her candidacy was annulled by the Citizen Registry, because she could not be elected to the position under the express prohibition contained in article 186, subsection c) of the Constitution of Guatemala. She was succeeded as her party's candidate by Alfonso Portillo, who subsequently won the 1999 elections.