Telmo Vargas
Telmo Vargas | |
|---|---|
| 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 (aged 100) Quito, Ecuador |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Ecuador |
| Branch/service |  Ecuadorian Army |
| Rank | General |
General Telmo Oswaldo Vargas Benalcázar (9 October 1912 – 9 August 2013) was Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of Ecuador, who overthrew the military junta of Ramón Castro Jijón on 29 March 1966.[1][2][3][4] After Castro Jijón turned over power to army high command, the high command appointed Clemente Yerovi as president of the civilian junta.[5] As the leader of the army high command, Vargas is considered by some to have briefly served as head of state of Ecuador.[6] He died on 9 August 2013 at the age of 100.
From 12 June 2012, when former Somali President Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein died until his own death, Vargas was the world's oldest living former head of state.
References
- ^ "Nota Necrologica: Telmo Oswaldo Vargas Benalcázar General de División" (PDF) (Press release) (in Spanish). Asociación de Generales y Almirates de las Fuerzas Armadas. 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
- ^ "El general más antiguo de las FF.AA. cumple 100 años". El Telégrafo (in Spanish). 2012-10-13. Archived from the original on 2013-11-05. Retrieved 2013-04-06.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-03-27. Retrieved 2014-03-27.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ http://asogenal.espe.edu.ec/wp-content/uploads/wordpress/REV.-PRESENCIA-2014.pdf
- ^ Lentz, Harris M. (1994). Heads of States and Governments Since 1945. Routledge. pp. 238–239.
- ^ "Rulers, Countries E".
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