Telmo Vargas | |
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Acting President of Ecuador as Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces | |
In office 29 March 1966 – 29 March 1966 | |
Preceded by | Ramón Castro Jijón |
Succeeded by | Clemente Yerovi |
Personal details | |
Born | Telmo Oswaldo Vargas Benalcázar 9 October 1912 San José de Minas, Quito Canton, Ecuador |
Died | 9 August 2013 Quito, Ecuador | (aged 100)
Military service | |
Allegiance | Ecuador |
Branch/service | Ecuadorian Army |
Rank | General |
General Telmo Oswaldo Vargas Benalcázar (9 October 1912 – 9 August 2013[1]) was Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of Ecuador, who overthrew the military junta of Ramón Castro Jijón on 29 March 1966.[2][3][4][5] After Castro Jijón turned over power to army high command, the high command appointed Clemente Yerovi as president of the civilian junta.[6] As the leader of the army high command, Vargas is considered by some to have briefly served as head of state of Ecuador.[7] He died on 9 August 2013 at the age of 100.[8]
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