Enrique Peralta Azurdia
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Colonel Alfredo Enrique Peralta Azurdia (June 17, 1908 – February 18, 1997) was a Guatemalan military officer and politician who served as the Head of Government from March 1963 to July 1966. He took over the office of the presidency after staging a coup d'état against President Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes, under whom he served as Agriculture (1959–1960) and Defense minister (1961–1963).
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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Peralta and the second or maternal family name is Azurdia.
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Colonel Enrique Peralta Azurdia | |
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Head of Government and Prime Minister of Guatemala[1] | |
In office March 31, 1963 – July 1, 1966 | |
Preceded by | Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes |
Succeeded by | Julio César Méndez |
Personal details | |
Born | (1908-06-17)June 17, 1908 Guatemala City, Guatemala |
Died | February 18, 1997(1997-02-18) (aged 88) Florida, United States |
Political party | Institutional Democratic Party |
Other political affiliations | National Liberation Movement |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Guatemala |
Branch/service | Guatemalan Army |
Rank | Colonel |
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Peralta would later form the Institutional Democratic Party, a pro-military governing party modeled on the Institutional Revolutionary Party, which dominated Guatemalan politics until 1982.[2] In the 1978 general election, he was the candidate of the National Liberation Movement but was defeated by Fernando Romeo Lucas García.