Election Name: | 1980 Guatemalan vice presidential election |
Country: | Guatemala |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Election Date: | September 12, 1980[1] |
Next Election: | 1993 Guatemalan presidential election |
Next Year: | 1993 |
Party1: | National Liberation Movement (Guatemala) |
Electoral Vote1: | Uncontested |
Vice President | |
Before Party: | Independent politician |
After Party: | National Liberation Movement (Guatemala) |
Vice presidential elections were held in Guatemala on September 12, 1980.
On September 1, 1980, Vice President Francisco Villagrán Kramer resigned due to the scale of violence and authoritarianism perpetrated by President Romeo Lucas García.[2] [3] Eleven days later, the Congress of Guatemala elected former President Óscar Mendoza Azurdia as Vice President.[4] [5]