Óscar Mendoza Azurdia Explained

Honorific-Prefix:	General of Division
Office1:	Vice President of Guatemala
President1:	Fernando Romeo Lucas García
Term Start1:	12 September 1980
Term End1:	23 March 1982
Predecessor1:	Francisco Villagrán Kramer
Successor1:	Rodolfo Lobos Zamora
Order2:	President of the Republic of Guatemala
Term Start2:	24 October 1957
Term End2:	26 October 1957
Predecessor2:	Luis Gonzáles
Successor2:	Guillermo Flores Avendaño
Birth Date:	1917 6, df=yes
Birth Place:	Guatemala City, Guatemala

Colonel Óscar Alberto Mendoza Azurdia (4 June 1917 – 9 January 1995) was the chairman of the military junta in Guatemala from 24 October 1957 to 26 October 1957.^[1] ^[2] ^[3] He was later elected as Vice President on 12 September 1980 after the resignation of Francisco Villagrán. He served until the military coup of Efraín Ríos Montt in March 1982.^[4] ^[5]

Military Government Junta (1957)

Notes and References

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