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Julio César Méndez Montenegro
Julio César Méndez Montenegro (1915–1996) was a Guatemalan lawyer and politician who served as president from 1966 to 1970, the only civilian to hold the office between 1954 and 1986. Elected for the Revolutionary Party, he accepted army control over security in return for taking office, and during his term the army ran a brutal counter-insurgency campaign in the east of the country.
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