Guillermo Flores Avendaño
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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Flores and the second or maternal family name is Avendaño.
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.
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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 |
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Born | (1894-06-17)17 June 1894[citation needed] San Andrés Itzapa, Chimaltenango Department, Guatemala |
Died | 26 May 1982(1982-05-26) (aged 87) Guatemala City, Guatemala |
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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]