Honduran military officer and politician
In this
Spanish name , the first or paternal
surname is
Melgar and the second or maternal family name is
Castro .
Juan Alberto Melgar Castro (20 June 1930 – 2 December 1987) was an army officer in the Honduran military who served as the head of state of Honduras from 22 April 1975 to 7 August 1978, when he was removed from power by others in the military.[ 1]
Presidency
General Melgar Castro took power in the 1975 Honduran coup d'état which removed Oswaldo López Arellano after his bribery scandal with United Fruit Company .
During his rule, the process of land reform was slowed down, because of pressure from land-owning sectors and influential politicians .
Biography
His wife Nora Gúnera de Melgar was Mayor of Tegucigalpa . She was the nominee of the National Party (Partido Nacional ) for President of Honduras in 1997, but lost to the Liberal Party nominee, Carlos Roberto Flores .
General Melgar Castro died of a heart attack near San Pedro Sula on 2 December 1987 .[ 1]
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