Julio Astacio
Julio Ernesto Astacio López | |
|---|---|
| Vice President of El Salvador | |
| In office 1 July 1977 – 15 October 1979 | |
| President | Carlos Humberto Romero |
| Preceded by | Enrique Mayorga Rivas |
| Succeeded by | Jaime Abdul Gutiérrez in 1980 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 March 1932 San Salvador, El Salvador |
| Political party | National Conciliation Party |
| Education | Physician |
Julio Ernesto Astacio López is a politician and physician from El Salvador and former Vice President of El Salvador[1] from July 1977 to October 1979.
Astacio was born on 12 March 1932 in San Salvador.[2] He got a medical degree from University of El Salvador in 1960.[3]
Astacio worked as a physician in Pennsylvania, USA, and later had private practice.[3] He was appointed as minister of health and social assistance in July 1972.[3]
In September 1976, Astacio was selected as the vice presidential candidate of the ruling National Conciliation Party in the 1977 elections.[3] He was elected as Vice President of El Salvador in the 1977 elections, and served in the presidency of general Carlos Humberto Romero.[4] He held the additional cabinet portfolio of minister of public health.[2] He was ousted in October 1979 in a coup d'état.
References[edit]
- ^ "Foreign Relations of the United States 1977–1980; Volume XV; Central America, 1977–1980 - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov.
- ^ a b "El Salvador" (in Spanish). Departamento de Relaciones Públicas, El Salvador. 1974.
- ^ a b c d "State Dept. cable 1978 / 224039". US Department of State. 1978.
- ^ "Hace 42 años ocurrió la última elección cuestionada por fraude en el país". Diario El Mundo (in Spanish). 19 February 2019.
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