Telmo Vargas

Telmo Vargas
Personal details
Born Telmo Oswaldo Vargas Benalcázar
(1912-10-09)9 October 1912
San José de Minas, Quito Canton, Ecuador
Died 9 August 2013(2013-08-09) (aged 100)
Quito, Ecuador
Military service
Allegiance  Ecuador
Service/branch Armed Forces of Ecuador
Rank General

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

Political offices
Preceded by
Ramón Castro Jijón		 Head of State of Ecuador
as Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces
1966 		Succeeded by
Clemente Yerovi

References

  1. ↑ "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.
  2. ↑ "El general más antiguo de las FF.AA. cumple 100 años". El Telégrafo (in Spanish). 2012-10-13. Retrieved 2013-04-06.
  3. ↑ http://www.elcomerciodelecuador.es/sociedad/general-telmo-oswaldo-vargas-Jefe-Supremo-historia_0_791320954.html
  4. ↑ http://asogenal.espe.edu.ec/wp-content/uploads/wordpress/REV.-PRESENCIA-2014.pdf
  5. ↑ Lentz, Harris M. (1994). Heads of States and Governments Since 1945. Routledge. pp. 238–239.
  6. ↑ "Rulers, Countries E".


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