{"id":"guillermo-flores-avendano","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/guillermo-flores-avendano","language":"en","name":"Guillermo Flores Avendaño","name_en":"Guillermo Flores Avendaño","name_ne":null,"description":"President of Guatemala (1894-1992)","headline":"President of Guatemala (1894-1992)","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Guillermo Flores Avendaño was a Guatemalan military officer who served as president of Guatemala from October 1957 to March 1958. In March 1957, he was designated as second in the presidential line of succession by Congress. 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.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"17 June 1894","date":"1894-06-17"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q880148#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"San Andrés Itzapa","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1573465"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q880148#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"26 May 1982","date":"1982-05-26"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q880148#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Guatemala City","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1555"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q880148#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Guatemala","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q774"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q880148#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q880148#P106"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"president of Guatemala (26 October 1957 – 2 March 1958)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6085537","start":"1957-10-26","end":"1958-03-02"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q880148#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillermo_Flores_Avenda%C3%B1o","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q880148"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Guillermo Flores Avendaño born?","a":"Guillermo Flores Avendaño was born on 17 June 1894 in San Andrés Itzapa."},{"q":"What positions has Guillermo Flores Avendaño held?","a":"Positions held by Guillermo Flores Avendaño include: president of Guatemala (1957–1958)."}],"related":[{"name":"Juan Antonio Martínez","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/juan-antonio-martinez"},{"name":"Alfonso Portillo","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/alfonso-portillo"},{"name":"Otto Pérez Molina","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/otto-perez-molina"},{"name":"Jacobo Árbenz","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/jacobo-arbenz"},{"name":"Álvaro Arzú","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/alvaro-arzu"},{"name":"Álvaro Colom","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/alvaro-colom"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/guillermo-flores-avendano-560586c6be.jpg","width":346,"height":422,"license":"Public domain","credit":"Gobierno de Guatemala","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Retrato_oficial_de_Presidente_Guillermo_Flores_Avenda%C3%B1o.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Guillermo Flores Avendaño","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillermo_Flores_Avenda%C3%B1o","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q880148","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q880148","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Retrato oficial de Presidente Guillermo Flores Avendaño.jpg by Gobierno de Guatemala (Public domain)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Retrato_oficial_de_Presidente_Guillermo_Flores_Avenda%C3%B1o.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Guillermo Flores Avendaño, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Retrato oficial de Presidente Guillermo Flores Avendaño.jpg — Gobierno de Guatemala, Public domain.","cite":"\"Guillermo Flores Avendaño\". DigiNepal. Last updated 3 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/guillermo-flores-avendano. Retrieved 9 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-03T08:00:38Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-08","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/guillermo-flores-avendano","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/guillermo-flores-avendano","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/guillermo-flores-avendano?lang=ne"}}