Julio César Méndez Montenegro

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Julio César Méndez Montenegro (November 23, 1915 – April 30, 1996) was President of Guatemala from 1 July 1966 to 1 July 1970. He was the first cousin of Cesar Montenegro Paniagua, who had served as diputado during the presidency of Guatemala's freely-elected, socialist-leaning president Jacobo Arbenz, who was overthrown by a small group of Guatemalans backed by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).The CIA codename for the coup was Operation PBSUCCESS, its second successful overthrow of a foreign government. Cesar Montenegro Paniagua was kidnapped, tortured and murdered during Julio César Méndez Montenegro's presidency, and it is rumored the assassination was undertaken with presidential sanction.

Preceded by Enrique Peralta Azurdia

President of Guatemala 1966–1970

Succeeded by Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio