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Ángel Aníbal Guevara

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Preceded by
  
Romeo Lucas

Succeeded by
  
Efrain Rios


Name
  
Angel Guevara

Role
  
Politician


Ángel Aníbal Guevara Rodríguez is a Guatemalan soldier and politician. He was born in La Democracia, Escuintla in 1924.

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Having served as defense minister in the previous administration, Guevara was victorious in the 7 March 1982 presidential election to succeed outgoing President Romeo Lucas, who had hand-picked him as his successor. The election was, however, widely denounced as fraudulent by both left-wing and right-wing groups. A military-led coup d'état two weeks after the election prevented Guevara from assuming power and instead installed a three-man junta headed by Gen. Efraín Ríos Montt.

He ran again in 1995 but failed to win much support.

References

Ángel Aníbal Guevara Wikipedia