Humberto Guillermo Cuestas
Humberto Guillermo Cuestas was a politician from El Salvador and former Vice President of El Salvador from 1967 to 1972.[1]
Humberto Guillermo Cuestas | |
|---|---|
| Vice President of El Salvador | |
| In office 1 July 1967 – 1 July 1972 | |
| President | Fidel Sánchez Hernández |
| Preceded by | Francisco Roberto Lima |
| Succeeded by | Enrique Mayorga Rivas |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 February 1921 Santa Ana |
| Died | April 2005 |
| Political party | National Conciliation Party |
| Education | Lawyer |
Cuestas was born on 3 February 1921 in Santa Ana.[2] He was a lawyer by profession.[3] He was Minister of Justice and private secretary during the presidency of colonel Julio Adalberto Rivera Carballo (1963-1967).[1]
Cuestas was elected as Vice President of El Salvador in the 1967 elections, and served in the presidency of general Fidel Sánchez Hernández. He also held portfolios of Minister of Finance from 1967 to 1968,[4] and also Minister of Interior and minister in the presidential office.[1]
Later Cuestas was a magistrate in the Supreme Court of Justice of El Salvador.[1] He died in April 2005.[1]
References
- "Fallece ex vicepresidente salvadoreño Humberto Cuestas". www.myplainview.com. Plainview Herald. Retrieved 4 April 2005.
- "Períodos presidenciales y constituciones federales y políticas de El Salvador" (in Spanish). Ministerio de Educación, Dirección de Publicaciones. 1980.
- Institute for the Comparative Study of Political Systems (U.S.) (1967). "El Salvador Election Factbook, March 5, 1967". Institute for the Comparative Study of Political Systems.
- "Detalle de Ministros de Hacienda y Periodos de Funciones desde 1950 y la fecha" (PDF). Ministerio de Hacienda, El Salvador.
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