Enrique Peralta Azurdia, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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President of Guatemala
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Place of Birth: Guatemala City, Guatemala Department, Guatemala
About Enrique Peralta Azurdia
- Colonel Alfredo Enrique Peralta Azurdia (June 17, 1908 – February 18, 1997) was President of Guatemala from March 31, 1963 to July 1, 1966. Enrique Peralta was born on June 17, 1908 in Guatemala City.
- He took over the presidency after a coup against president Miguel YdÃgoras Fuentes, under whom he served as Agriculture (1959–1960) and Defense Minister (1961–1963).
- He set up the Institutional Democratic Party, a pro-military governing party modeled on the Institutional Revolutionary Party, which dominated Guatemalan politics until 1982.
- In the 1978 election, he was the candidate of the National Liberation Movement but was defeated by Fernando Romeo Lucas GarcÃa.
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