Julio Lozano Díaz
Julio Lozano Díaz (born March 27, 1885 Tegucigalpa , Honduras , † August 20, 1957 in Miami , Florida ) was President of Honduras from December 5, 1954 to October 21, 1956 .
Life
His parents were Josefa Díaz Gónzales and Julio Lozano Travieso. He was a trained accountant. He worked for Washington S. Valentine's mining company , the Rosario Mining Company , in San Juancito. He became manager of the Dean haulage company and administrator of the revenue and customs of Puerto Castilla, La Ceiba and Tela. In 1933 he became deputy chairman of parliament. In the government cabinet of Tiburcio Carías Andino , he was Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance. In 1937 and 1938 he was Foreign Minister.
He was married to Laura Vigil Lozano. He was a negotiating partner in the negotiations about the debts from the ferrocarril interoceánico project, which has burdened the Honduran state since the government of José María Medina . In the government cabinet of Juan Manuel Gálvez Durón (1949–1954) he was his deputy, government, finance, development, labor and health minister. Julio Lozano Díaz was appointed deputy by Juan Manuel Gálvez Durón in 1949. When he was on December 5, 1954 for a medical examination in the USA, Lozano dropped him off. Lozano claimed Gálvez Durón had resigned for health reasons.
In the elections on October 10, 1954, he did not get a majority, so he was appointed President of Parliament on December 6, 1954. On February 17, 1955, Richard Nixon visited him as Secretary of State in the government of Dwight D. Eisenhower . An armed movement formed which wanted to overthrow him on August 1st, 1956. Elections to a constituent assembly were called for October 7, 1956. A coalition of the PUN and the Movimiento Nacional Reformista achieved election fraud in October 1956.
In mid-October 1956 he went into exile and handed the presidency back to Juan Manuel Gálvez , who had meanwhile advanced to become the presiding judge of the Supreme Court .
Publications
- Conceptos errados de tres políticos hondureños, 1936
- La industria minera en Honduras protegida por el Estado, 1938
Government cabinet
- Government and Justice Administration Ministers: Salomón Jiménez Castro, Lisandro Valle Turcios.
- Foreign Minister: Esteban Mendoza.
- Ministers for Natural Resources: Ángel Sevilla Rámirez, Santiago Meza Cálix.
- Finance Minister: Pedro Pineda Madrid.
- Minister of Health and Welfare: Manuel Cáceres Vijil.
- Minister of Education: Enrique Ortez Pinel.
- Minister of Labor, Social Affairs and SMEs: Mariano P. Guevara.
- Minister for Development and Public Works: Gregorio Reyes Zelaya.
- Defense Minister: J. Antonio Inestroza
Individual evidence
- ↑ honduraseducacional.com , Julio Lozano Díaz ( Memento of the original of March 14, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Juan Manuel Gálvez Durón |
List of Presidents of Honduras December 5, 1954 - October 21, 1956 |
Juan Manuel Gálvez Durón |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lozano Díaz, Julio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | President of Honduras |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 27, 1885 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tegucigalpa , Honduras |
| DATE OF DEATH | 20th August 1957 |
| Place of death | Miami , Florida |