Mario Méndez Montenegro Explained

Mario Méndez Montenegro
Office:	Mayor of Guatemala City
Term Start:	1946
Term End:	1949
Predecessor:	Carlos Irigoyen
Successor:	Marco Antonio Villamar
Birth Date:	30 November 1910
Birth Place:	Chiquimulilla, Guatemala
Death Date:	31 October 1965 (aged 54)
Death Place:	Guatemala City
Party:	Popular Liberation Front Party (FLP), Revolutionary Party (PR)

Mario Méndez Montenegro (30 November 1910 31 October 1965) was an assassinated politician and the first elected mayor of Guatemala City.

Early life and education

Méndez was born in Chiquimulilla, Santa Rosa, on 30 November 1910. He graduated as a lawyer in the national university of Nicaragua (Spanish; Castilian: Universidad Nacional de Nicaragua|link=no).

Career

He was a founder of the Popular Liberation Front Party (Spanish; Castilian: Partido Frente Popular Libertador|link=no, FLP), which supported future president Juan José Arévalo. It later became the Revolutionary Party (Spanish; Castilian: Partido Revolucionario|link=no, PR) and Méndez became its presidential candidate.

Death

He was prevented from participating in the elections because he was assassinated with gunfire on 31 October 1965.^{[1] [2]}

See also

• César Montenegro Paniagua
• Julio César Méndez Montenegro
• Nineth Montenegro
• Guatemalan Civil War

External links

• List of mayors of Guatemala City (in Spanish)

Notes and References

1. Web site: 31 Oct 2016 . Asesinan a Mario Méndez Montenegro, ex alcalde capitalino . Mario Méndez Montenegro, former capital mayor, assassinated . 2023-02-17 . Prensa Libre . es-GT.
2. Web site: Morales . Frieda . Jan 2012 . Biografía: Mario Méndez Montenegro . deviated . https://web.archive.org/web/20230217041850/cultura.muniguate.com/index.php/component/content/article/101-mendezmonetenegro/619-biografia . 17 Feb 2023 . 27 Oct 2023 . MuniGuate.