Carlos García y García
Carlos García y García | |
|---|---|
| Interim President of Peru[a] | |
| In office 10 April 1992 – 11 April 1992 Disputed with Alberto Fujimori | |
| Vice President | First Vice President Vacant Second Vice President Vacant |
| Preceded by | Alberto Fujimori |
| Succeeded by | Máximo San Román |
| Second Vice President of Peru | |
| In office 28 July 1990 – 5 April 1992 | |
| President | Alberto Fujimori |
| Preceded by | Luis Alva Castro |
| Succeeded by | César Paredes Canto[b] |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 28 July 1956 – 18 July 1962 | |
| Constituency | Piura |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 November 1927 |
| Died | 10 May 2016 (aged 88) Lima, Peru |
| Party | Cambio 90 |
| Profession | Baptist pastor |
Carlos García y García (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkaɾloz ɣaɾˈsia i ɣaɾˈsia]; 19 November 1927 – 10 May 2016) was a Peruvian former Fujimorist politician and Baptist pastor.
Political career
He served as the Second Vice President of Peru from July 28, 1990, to April 5, 1992, during the presidency of Alberto Fujimori.[1] Though García y García was a member of Fujimori's Cambio 90, he publicly condemned Fujimori's coup and constitutional crisis, which took place on 5 April 1992.[2][3]
García y García, a Baptist minister, also served as the president of the National Evangelical Council (Concilio Nacional Evangélico).[2] In July 2002, García y García was awarded the Medalla de Honor del Congreso (Grand Officer) for his defense of democracy and the Constitution during the 1992 Peruvian constitutional crisis.[2]
Death
Carlos García y García died on 10 May 2016[2][3] at the age of 88. His wake and viewing was held at a church in the Lince District of Lima on 12 May 2016.[2]
References
- ^ "Presidentes y vicepresidentes desde 1980 en Perú, crisis y realidades". 26 July 2018.
- ^ a b c d e "Falleció Carlos García y García, el ex segundo vicepresidente de Fujimori que se opuso al autogolpe". La República. 10 May 2016. Archived from the original on 5 June 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- ^ a b "Falleció ex segundo vicepresidente Carlos García y García". El Comercio (Peru). Retrieved 11 March 2017.
Notes
- ^ Presidency de jure partially recognized during the 1992 Peruvian self-coup. García y García was sworn into the presidency as Second Vice President, since the first in the line of succession, First Vice President Máximo San Román was in another country during the succession. Due to the lack of military support, he never assumed the presidential powers. Alberto Fujimori, who led the self-coup, continued his presidential powers as the President of the Emergency and National Reconstruction Government.
- ^ Vice presidency was vacated until a new vice president was elected in the 1995 Peruvian general election.