Guillermo Flores Avendaño

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Flores and the second or maternal family name is Avendaño.

General of Division Guillermo Flores Avendaño
President of the Republic of Guatemala
In office October 26, 1957 – March 2, 1958
Preceded by	Óscar Mendoza Azurdia
Succeeded by	Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes
Personal details
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

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 as second in the presidential line of succession by Congress (preceded by Luis Arturo González López).[3] He 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.

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.[4]

References

1. "Index Fa-Fl".
2. "Guillermo Flores, ex presidente de Guatemala". El País. 28 May 1982.
3. "Presidentes en Guatemala: quiénes son los 26 predecesores de Bernardo Arévalo y qué hechos han marcado su gestión" (in Spanish). 2024-01-12. Retrieved 2024-06-02.
4. "Outgoing Provisional Chief Named Defense Minister". New York Times. March 4, 1958. Retrieved 2008-08-11.

Government offices
Preceded by Óscar Mendoza (Military Junta)	President of Guatemala 1957–1958	Succeeded by Miguel Ydigoras