Mario Sandoval Alarcón
Mario Sandoval Alarcón | |
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Vice President of Guatemala | |
In office 1 July 1974 – 1 July 1978 | |
President | Kjell Eugenio Laugerud García |
Preceded by | Eduardo Cáceres |
Succeeded by | Francisco Villagrán Kramer |
Personal details | |
Born | Guatemala City | May 18, 1923
Died | April 17, 2003 (aged 79) |
Political party | MLN |
Awards | Order of the Sun of Peru |
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Mario Sandoval Alarcón (May 18, 1923 – April 17, 2003) was a Guatemalan politician who served as vice president of Guatemala from 1974 to 1978 under Kjell Eugenio Laugerud García. A member and founder of the political party, Movimiento de Liberacion Nacional, Sandoval served as President of the Congress from 1970 to 1974.
Biography
He is the founder in 1960 of the Movimiento de Liberación Nacional (MLN) which was a nationalist, anti-communist political party. In 1954, he helped support colonel Carlos Castillo's coup against Jacobo Árbenz.
He served as President of the Congress from 1970 to 1974,[1] when he was sworn in as the Vice President.
Sandoval served as Vice President from 1 July 1974 to 1 July 1978 during the presidency of Kjell Laugerud.[2][3] During his time as vicepresident he helped president Kjell after the 1976 earthquake that affected a great part of the country. In 1982, he placed second in that year's presidential election. He was unsuccessful again three years later, in 1985.
Sandoval was a leader of the World Anti-Communist League (WACL).
References
- ^ "Diario de Centro America" (PDF). Congreso.gob.gt. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
- ^ "Figura vicepresidencial se ha opacado por funciones de Primera Dama". 29 October 2009.
- ^ "Biografía política de Guatemala". Francisco Villagrán Kramer. 1993.
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