Manuel Barillas

Manuel Lisandro Barillas Bercián
14th President of Guatemala
In office
16 March 1886 – 15 March 1892
Acting: 6 April 1885 – 15 March 1886
Preceded byAlejandro M. Sinibaldi
Succeeded byJosé María Reina Barrios
Mayor of Quetzaltenango
In office
1892–1893
Preceded byManuel Estrada Cabrera
Personal details
Born(1845-01-17)17 January 1845
Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
Died7 April 1907(1907-04-07) (aged 62)
Mexico City, Mexico
Political partyLiberal
ParentJosé Onofre Barillas y Ponciana Bercián
OccupationMilitary General
Nickname"Man of tragic sevens" (because he died on 7 April 1907)

Manuel Lisandro Barillas Bercián (17 January 1845 – 7 April 1907) was a Guatemalan general and acting president of Guatemala from 6 April 1885 to 15 March 1886 and President from 16 March 1886 to 15 March 1892. He was born in Quetzaltenango, and assassinated (at the behest of his enemy Manuel Estrada Cabrera, President of Guatemala at the time) in Mexico City in 1907.[1]