Ángel Aníbal Guevara
Former Guatemalan Army officer and politician
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Ángel Aníbal Guevara Rodríguez (/ɡəˈvɑːrə/; born 2 October 1925) is a former Guatemalan Army officer and politician.[1] He was born in La Democracia, Escuintla in 1925.
Ángel Aníbal Guevara | |
|---|---|
Guevara in the 1960s | |
| Minister of Defense | |
| In office January 15, 1980 – August 9, 1981 | |
| President | Romeo Lucas García |
| Preceded by | Otto Guillermo Spiegeler Noriega |
| Succeeded by | Luís René Mendoza Palomo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 October 1925 |
Having served as defense minister, Guevara was victorious in the 1982 presidential election to succeed outgoing President Fernando Romeo Lucas García, who had hand-picked him as his successor. However, the election was 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.[2]
He ran again in 1995 but failed to gain much support.
Currently, he is on Interpol's Red Notice list for crimes against humanity.
