Mario Sandoval Alarcón

Mario Sandoval Alarcón
Official portrait
Vice President of Guatemala
In office 1 July 1974 – 1 July 1978
President	Kjell Eugenio Laugerud García
Preceded by	Eduardo Cáceres
Succeeded by	Francisco Villagrán Kramer
Personal details
Born	(1923-05-18)May 18, 1923 Guatemala City
Died	April 17, 2003(2003-04-17) (aged 79)
Political party	MLN
Awards	Order of the Sun of Peru

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Sandoval and the second or maternal family name is Alarcón.

Mario Sandoval Alarcón (May 18, 1923 – April 17, 2003) was a Guatemalan politician who served as vice president of Guatemala from 1974 to 1978 under Kjell Eugenio Laugerud García. A member and founder of the political party, Movimiento de Liberacion Nacional, Sandoval served as President of the Congress from 1970 to 1974.

Biography

He is the founder in 1960 of the Movimiento de Liberación Nacional (MLN) which was a nationalist, anti-communist political party. In 1954, he helped support colonel Carlos Castillo's coup against Jacobo Árbenz.

He served as President of the Congress from 1970 to 1974, when he was sworn in as the Vice President.

Sandoval served as Vice President from 1 July 1974 to 1 July 1978 during the presidency of Kjell Laugerud. During his time as vicepresident he helped president Kjell after the 1976 earthquake that affected a great part of the country. In 1982, he placed second in that year's presidential election. He was unsuccessful again three years later, in 1985.

Sandoval was a leader of the World Anti-Communist League (WACL).