Jorge Villavicencio | |
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| Minister of Public Health and Social Assistance | |
| In office 2 May 2012 – 24 September 2014 | |
| President | Otto Pérez Molina |
| Preceded by | Francisco Arredondo |
| Succeeded by | Luis Enrique Monterroso |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1958 Guatemala |
| Died | 20 July 2020 Guatemala City, Guatemala |
| Alma mater | Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala |
| Profession | Politician, Physician, Surgeon |
Jorge Alejandro Villavicencio Álvarez (1958 – 20 July 2020) was a Guatemalan surgeon and politician who served as the Minister of Public Health and Social Assistance from May 2, 2012 to September 24, 2014 during the presidency of Otto Pérez Molina.
In 2019, Villavicencio was arrested and sent to a private military prison over corruption accusations. The charges including giving public work contracts to those commissioners benefitting him and also creating fake job positions in the Ministry while he was in charge.[1]
Villavicencio died of COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Guatemala at a hospital in Guatemala City on July 20, 2020, aged 62.[2]
- ^ "Muere exministro de Salud, Jorge Villavicencio, afectado por COVID-19". 21 July 2020. Archived from the original on 22 July 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
- ^ Exministro Jorge Villavicencio muere por covid-19 (in Spanish)