Guillermo Flores Avendaño
Guillermo Flores Avendaño | |
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President of the Republic of Guatemala | |
In office October 26, 1957 – March 2, 1958 | |
Preceded by | Óscar Mendoza Azurdia |
Succeeded by | Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes |
Personal details | |
Born | citation needed] San Andrés Itzapa, Chimaltenango Department, Guatemala | 17 June 1894[
Died | 26 May 1982 Guatemala City, Guatemala | (aged 87)
Colonel Guillermo Flores Avendaño (17 June[citation needed] 1894 – 26 May 1982[1][2]) was a Guatemalan military officer who served as president of Guatemala from October 1957 to March 1958. In March 1957, he was designated by the Constituent Assembly as second in line[clarification needed] to the presidency and assumed the role of provisional president in October of that same year after the results of the 1957 general elections were annulled after a coup on allegations of electoral fraud.
Flores Avendaño's tenure ended upon the inauguration of Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes who won the 1958 general elections. He was subsequently appointed as Minister of Defense under the Ydígoras Fuentes government.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ "Index Fa-Fl".
- ^ "Guillermo Flores, ex presidente de Guatemala". El País. 28 May 1982.
- ^ "Outgoing Provisional Chief Named Defense Minister". New York Times. March 4, 1958. Retrieved 2008-08-11.