Jorge Villavicencio | |
Office: | Minister of Public Health and Social Assistance |
Term Start: | 2 May 2012 |
Term End: | 24 September 2014 |
President: | Otto Pérez Molina |
Predecessor: | Francisco Arredondo |
Successor: | Luis Enrique Monterroso |
Birth Date: | 1958 |
Birth Place: | Guatemala |
Death Date: | 20 July 2020 |
Death Place: | Guatemala City, Guatemala |
Alma Mater: | Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala |
Profession: | Politician, Physician, Surgeon |
Jorge Alejandro Villavicencio Álvarez (1958 - 20 July 2020) was a Guatemalan surgeon and politician who served as the Minister of Public Health and Social Assistance from May 2, 2012 to September 24, 2014 during the presidency of Otto Pérez Molina.
In 2019, Villavicencio was arrested and sent to a private military prison over corruption accusations. The charges including giving public work contracts to those commissioners benefitting him and also creating fake job positions in the Ministry while he was in charge.[1]
Villavicencio died of COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Guatemala at a hospital in Guatemala City on July 20, 2020, aged 62.[2]