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

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. As part of the MLN, he played a role in the widespread murders committed by the Mano Blanca death squadrons [1]. In 1954, he helped support colonel Carlos Castillo's coup against Jacobo Árbenz.

He served as President of the Congress from 1970 to 1974,[2] 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.[3][4] 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)[5]. His aversion to communism and methods for fighting against it was passed on to some of his followers, one of whom was Roberto D'Aubuisson, founder of El Salvador's Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA) party [6].

References

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  1. ^ Perera, Victor (1993). Unfinished Conquest: The Guatemalan Tragedy. Berkeley and Los Angeles, California: University of California Press. p. 45. ISBN 0-520-20349-6.
  2. ^ "Diario de Centro America" (PDF). Congreso.gob.gt. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  3. ^ "Figura vicepresidencial se ha opacado por funciones de Primera Dama". 29 October 2009.
  4. ^ "Biografía política de Guatemala". Francisco Villagrán Kramer. 1993.
  5. ^ Anderson, Jack (30 January 1984). "Latin Terrorists' Leader Retains Support of CIA" (PDF). Washington Post. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  6. ^ Perera, Victor (1993). Unfinished Conquest: The Guatemalan Tragedy. Berkeley and Los Angeles, California: University of California Press. p. 45. ISBN 0-520-20349-6.
Preceded by Vice President of Guatemala
1974–1978 		Succeeded by


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