General of Division
Óscar Mendoza Azurdia
Azurdia in the 1980s
Vice President of Guatemala
In office
12 September 1980 – 23 March 1982
PresidentFernando Romeo Lucas García
Preceded byFrancisco Villagrán Kramer
Succeeded byRodolfo Lobos Zamora
President of the Republic of Guatemala
In office
24 October 1957 – 26 October 1957
Preceded byLuis Gonzáles
Succeeded byGuillermo Flores Avendaño
Personal details
Born(1917-06-04)4 June 1917
Guatemala City, Guatemala
Died9 January 1995(1995-01-09) (aged 77)

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][4] 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.[5][6]

Military Government Junta (1957)

  • Colonel Óscar Mendoza Azurdia
  • Colonel Roberto Salazar
  • Colonel Gonzalo Yurrita Nova[7]

References

  1. ↑ Leaders of Guatemala
  2. ↑ "Guatemala".
  3. ↑ "CAPITANÍA GENERAL DEL REINO DE GUATEMALA (en el Reino de España)" [CAPTAIN GENERAL OF THE KINGDOM OF GUATEMALA (in the Kingdom of Spain)]. lluisbelenes.es (in Spanish).
  4. ↑ "Adital - Eliminan pensión vitalicia a violador de los derechos humanos". Archived from the original on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2016-12-05.
  5. ↑ "Figura vicepresidencial se ha opacado por funciones de Primera Dama". 29 October 2009.
  6. ↑ Biografía política de Guatemala. Francisco Villagrán Kramer. 1993. ISBN 9789993972815.
  7. ↑ "Our leaders in the period 1954 to 1986 (Guatemala)". Archived from the original on 2012-02-22. Retrieved 2009-03-21.


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