Enrique Peralta Azurdia

1908-06-17 - 1997-02-18 Contemporaries

Alfredo Enrique Peralta Azurdia (1908-1997) was a Guatemalan military officer and politician who served as Head of Government of Guatemala from March 1963 to July 1966. He took office after staging a coup d'etat against President Miguel Ydigoras Fuentes, under whom he had served as Minister of Agriculture (1959-1960) and Minister of Defense (1961-1963).