Person

Jorge Serrano Elías

born 1945 · 20th century

Jorge Serrano Elías (born 1945) is a Guatemalan politician who was elected president in 1991, succeeding Vinicio Cerezo in the first transfer of power between elected civilians in decades. On 25 May 1993 he suspended the constitution and dissolved Congress and the Supreme Court in a self-coup, but the Constitutional Court, civil society, business leaders and finally the army opposed him, and he fled into exile in Panama.

Jorge Serrano Elías
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