Mario Sandoval Alarcón

Mario Sandoval Alarcón
Official portrait
Vice President of Guatemala
In office
1 July 1974 – 1 July 1978
PresidentKjell Eugenio Laugerud García
Preceded byEduardo Cáceres
Succeeded byFrancisco Villagrán Kramer
Personal details
Born(1923-05-18)May 18, 1923
Guatemala City
DiedApril 17, 2003(2003-04-17) (aged 79)
Political partyMLN
AwardsOrder of the Sun of Peru

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

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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

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  1. ^ "Diario de Centro America" (PDF). Congreso.gob.gt. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Figura vicepresidencial se ha opacado por funciones de Primera Dama". 29 October 2009.
  3. ^ "Biografía política de Guatemala". Francisco Villagrán Kramer. 1993.
Preceded by Vice President of Guatemala
1974–1978
Succeeded by