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General of DivisionGuillermo Flores Avendaño
President of the Republic of Guatemala
In office October 26, 1957 – March 2, 1958
Preceded by	Óscar Mendoza Azurdia
Succeeded by	Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes
Personal details
Born	(1894-06-17)17 June 1894 San Andrés Itzapa, Chimaltenango Department, Guatemala
Died	26 May 1982(1982-05-26) (aged 87) Guatemala City, Guatemala

Guillermo Flores Avendaño (17 June 1894 – 26 May 1982) was a Guatemalan military officer who served as president of Guatemala from October 1957 to March 1958. In March 1957, he was designated as second in the presidential line of succession by Congress (preceded by Luis Arturo González López). He assumed the role of provisional president in October of that same year after the results of the 1957 general elections were annulled after a coup on allegations of electoral fraud.

Flores Avendaño's tenure ended upon the inauguration of Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes who won the 1958 general elections. He was subsequently appointed as Minister of Defense under the Ydígoras Fuentes government.

References

1. "Index Fa-Fl".
2. "Guillermo Flores, ex presidente de Guatemala". El País. 28 May 1982.
3. "Presidentes en Guatemala: quiénes son los 26 predecesores de Bernardo Arévalo y qué hechos han marcado su gestión" (in Spanish). 2024-01-12. Retrieved 2024-06-02.
4. "Outgoing Provisional Chief Named Defense Minister". New York Times. March 4, 1958. Retrieved 2008-08-11.

v t e Heads of state of Guatemala
Federal Republic of Central America (1823–1839); Supreme Chiefs of State	direct central rule, 1823–24 Díaz* Barrundia direct central rule, 1826–27 J. Estrada* de Aycinena Zenteno* Barrundia Molina Márquez* Gálvez Valenzuela* Rivera* Salazar* Rivera*
Republic of Guatemala (since 1839); Presidents	Rivera López Requena* Rivera Carrera Martínez* Escobar* Paredes* Carrera Aycinena* Cerna García Granados Barrios Sinibaldi* Barillas Reina M. Estrada† Herrera Orellana Chacón Reina* Ubico† Ponce Vaides* † Junta (Arana†, Árbenz†, Toriello) Arévalo Bermejo Árbenz Díaz* Monzón† Castillo† González López* Mendoza† Flores* Ydígoras† Peralta† Méndez Arana† Laugerud† Lucas† Ríos Montt† Mejía Víctores† Cerezo Serrano Elías Espina* de León Arzú Portillo Berger Colom Pérez Molina Maldonado* Morales Giammattei Arévalo
* interim; † military

v t e Vice presidents of Guatemala
Vice Presidents (1956–)	Ortiz González López Urrutia de León Marroquín Ralda Cabrera Chávez Molina Chávez Marroquín Cáceres Sandoval Villagrán Mendoza office vacant, 1982–86 Carpio Espina Herbruger Flores Reyes Stein Espada Baldetti Maldonado Fuentes Cabrera Castillo Herrera*
Second Vice Presidents (1956–66)	Juan Francisco Oliva G. Flores Avendaño Guillén Castillo Urrutia Gómez Carranza Ubico R. Flores Avendaño Montenegro

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