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Policarpo Paz García

Policarpo Paz García

President of Honduras from 1978 to 1982

Policarpo Juan Paz García (7 December 1932 – 16 April 2000) was a Honduran military leader who served as President of Honduras from 7 August 1978 until 27 January 1982.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Paz and the second or maternal family name is García.
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Biography

Paz Garcia was born in 1932 in La Arada, Goascoran, Valle, Honduras. He distinguished himself in the Football War, a brief war fought by El Salvador and Honduras in 1969.[1]

Presidency

Following a 1978 military coup that ousted General Juan Alberto Melgar as chief of state, a three-man junta headed by Paz Garcia took power and announced that it would begin preparations for a return to civilian rule. A constituent assembly was popularly elected in April 1980 to write a new constitution, and on 20 July 1980 the junta handed control to the Assembly.[2]

The Assembly appointed General Paz Garcia provisional president until general elections were held. The elections, in November 1981, were won by Roberto Suazo, and his Liberal Party of Honduras.

Last years

General Ret. Policarpo Paz García died on Tegucigalpa, Honduras on April 16, 2000 at age 67, due to kidney failure.

References

  1. [1]
    Brittancia, "Policarpo Paz-Garcia"
  2. [2]
    "Honduras, 1902-present
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