Juan José Gerardi Conedera [SEP] position held
Juan José Gerardi Conedera
Monsignor Juan José Gerardi Conedera (27 December 1922 – 26 April 1998) was a Guatemalan Roman Catholic bishop and human rights defender who was long active in working with the indigenous Mayan peoples of the country. In the 1970s he gained government recognition of indigenous languages as official languages, and helped secure permission for radio stations to broadcast in indigenous languages. In 1988 he was appointed to the government's National Reconciliation Commission to begin the process of accounting for abuses during the civil war.
He also worked
Obdulio Varela, football stadium
- José Obdulio Villanueva, Guatemalan sergeant convicted due to the murder of Juan José Gerardi Conedera
- Obdulio Rogelio Zarza, Argentine boxer