Telmo Vargas

General Telmo Oswaldo Vargas Benalcázar (9 October 1912 – 9 August 2013[1]) was Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of Ecuador, who overthrew the military junta of Ramón Castro Jijón on 29 March 1966.[2][3][4][5] After Castro Jijón turned over power to army high command, the high command appointed Clemente Yerovi as president of the civilian junta.[6] As the leader of the army high command, Vargas is considered by some to have briefly served as head of state of Ecuador.[7] He died on 9 August 2013 at the age of 100.[8]

Telmo Vargas
Acting President of Ecuador
as Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces
In office
29 March 1966 – 29 March 1966
Preceded byRamón Castro Jijón
Succeeded byClemente Yerovi
Personal details
Born
Telmo Oswaldo Vargas Benalcázar

(1912-10-09)9 October 1912
San José de Minas, Quito Canton, Ecuador
Died9 August 2013(2013-08-09) (aged 100)
Quito, Ecuador
Military service
Allegiance Ecuador
Branch/service Ecuadorian Army
RankGeneral

References
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  2. "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.
  3. "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.
  4. "El general que actuó como Jefe Supremo por dos días". Archived from the original on 2014-03-27. Retrieved 2014-03-27.
  5. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-02-04. Retrieved 2016-02-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. Lentz, Harris M. (1994). Heads of States and Governments Since 1945. Routledge. pp. 238–239.
  7. "Rulers, Countries E".
  8. "August 2013". www.rulers.org. Retrieved 2021-09-12.


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