Carlos Castillo Armas
November 4, 1914 – July 26, 1957
Carlos Castillo Armas (1914–1957) was a Guatemalan military officer and politician who was the 28th president of Guatemala, serving from 1954 to 1957 after taking power in a coup d'état. A member of the far-right National Liberation Movement, his authoritarian government was closely allied with the United States. He had joined the 1944 uprising against President Federico Ponce Vaides that began the Guatemalan Revolution.
Offices held
Also President of 1 other
- Guatemala Sep 1, 1954 – Jul 26, 1957 Succeeded by Luis Arturo González López
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