Guillermo Flores Avendaño

Colonel Guillermo Flores Avendaño (17 June 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 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 by electoral fraud.

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 byÓscar Mendoza Azurdia
Succeeded byMiguel Ydígoras Fuentes
Personal details
Born(1894-06-17)17 June 1894
San Andrés Itzapa, Chimaltenango Department, Guatemala
Died26 May 1982(1982-05-26) (aged 87)
Guatemala City, Guatemala

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]

References
  1. "Index Fa-Fl".
  2. "Guillermo Flores, ex presidente de Guatemala". El País. 28 May 1982.
  3. "Outgoing Provisional Chief Named Defense Minister". New York Times. March 4, 1958. Retrieved 2008-08-11.
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