Guillermo Flores Avendaño (17 June 1894 – 26 May 1982) was a Guatemalan military officer who served as

president of Guatemala The president of Guatemala (), officially titled President of the Republic of Guatemala (), is the head of state and head of government of Guatemala, elected to a single four-year term. The position of President was created in 1839. Selectio ...

from October 1957 to March 1958. In March 1957, he was designated as second in the presidential line of succession by

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(preceded by Luis Arturo González López). He assumed the role of provisional president in October of that same year after the results of the 1957 general elections were annulled after a coup on allegations of electoral fraud. Flores Avendaño's tenure ended upon the inauguration of

Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes José Miguel Ramón Ydígoras Fuentes (17 October 1895 – 27 October 1982) was a Guatemalan military officer and politician who served as the 32nd president of Guatemala from 1958 to March 1963. He was also the main challenger to Jacobo Árben ...

who won the 1958 general elections. He was subsequently appointed as

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under the Ydígoras Fuentes government.

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1894 births 1982 deaths 20th-century presidents of Guatemala Vice presidents of Guatemala Guatemalan generals Government ministers of Guatemala Ambassadors of Guatemala to Italy Politicians from Guatemala City {{Guatemala-politician-stub