Mario Sandoval Alarcón

Mario Sandoval Alarcón (May 18, 1923 – April 17, 2003) was a Guatemalan politician.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Sandoval and the second or maternal family name is Alarcón.
Official potrait of Mario Sondoval as Vice President

Biography

He is the founder in 1960 of the Movimiento de Liberación Nacional (MLN) which was a nationalist, anti-communist political party. In 1954, he helped support colonel Carlos Castillo's coup against Jacobo Árbenz.

He served as President of the Congress from 1970 to 1974,[1] when he was sworn in as the Vice President.

Sandoval served as Vice President from 1 July 1974 to 1 July 1978 during the presidency of Kjell Laugerud.[2][3] During his time as vicepresident he helped president Kjell after the 1976 earthquake that affected a great part of the country. In 1982, he placed second in that year's presidential election. He was unsuccessful again three years later, in 1985.

Sandoval was a leader of the World Anti-Communist League (WACL).

References
  1. "Diario de Centro America" (PDF). Congreso.gob.gt. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  2. "Figura vicepresidencial se ha opacado por funciones de Primera Dama". 29 October 2009.
  3. "Biografía política de Guatemala". Francisco Villagrán Kramer. 1993.


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