Ramiro Ponce Monroy (February 28, 1923 – December 25, 2010) was a Guatemalan politician who was
vice presidential candidate
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of
Ángel Aníbal Guevara
Ángel Aníbal Guevara Rodríguez () is a Guatemalan soldier and politician. He was born in La Democracia, Escuintla in 1925.
Having served as defense minister in the previous administration, Guevara was victorious in the 7 March 1982 preside ...
in the 1982 presidential elections. He did not take office due to the
military coup
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of
Efraín Ríos Montt
José Efraín Ríos Montt (; 16 June 1926 – 1 April 2018) was a Guatemalan military officer, politician, and dictator who served as ''de facto'' President of Guatemala from 1982 to 1983. His brief tenure as chief executive was one of the blo ...
.
He served as mayor of
Guatemala city
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from 1966 to 1970.
Biography
He was born in
Chiquimula
Chiquimula is a city in Guatemala. It is the capital of the department of Chiquimula and the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name.
It is located some 174 km from Guatemala City and within Guatemala known as "La p ...
in the east of Guatemala, in 1923. He was the son of Jesús Ponce Valdés and Amelia Monroy ande the oldest eight siblings.
Mayor of Guatemala
In 1966 he was elected as mayor of Guatemala City, during his administration the San Juan, Roosevelt and José Milla y Vidaurre roads were built. The name of "Jardin de la Concordia" is changed and it is reopened with the name of "Parque Enrique Gomez Carrillo", in honor of the so-called "Prince of the Chroniclers" placing for the occasion the bust sculpted by Rodolfo Galeotti Torres of the writer Enrique Gomez Carrillo. He also inaugurated the "Monument to the Mother" that was made by the Spanish sculptor José Nicolás Almansa, who gave her to the country as a sign of sympathy and love for the Guatemalan people and mother. The realization of the monument was made with funds from the municipality and was officially inaugurated on May 23 of that same year.
Minister of Economy
On May 2, 1977, he was appointed minister of Economy by the president