Carlos Enrique Díaz de León

His Excellency Colonel Carlos Enrique Díaz de León
25th President of Guatemala
In office 27 June 1954 – 28 June 1954
Preceded by	Jacobo Arbenz
Succeeded by	Elfegio Monzón
Personal details
Born	1915 Guatemala
Died	2014 (aged 98–99) Guatemala
Nationality	Guatemalan
Political party	Military
Occupation	Military general

Carlos Enrique Díaz de León (1915–2014) was the provisional President of Guatemala from 27 June 1954 to 28 June 1954. He was replaced by a military junta led by Elfegio Monzón. Carlos Enrique Díaz was chief of the armed forces.^[1][2]

Diaz was also a friend and successor of Guatemalan president Jacobo Árbenz. At the direction of the CIA and US Ambassador John Peurifoy, Díaz convinced Árbenz to resign the presidency.

Military Government Board (1954)

• Colonel Carlos Enrique Diaz
• Colonel H. Elfego Monzón
• Colonel Jose Angel Sanchez^[3]

Later the CIA decided that Díaz was too indulgent of Communists and he was forced to resign. He was later replaced by Elfegio Monzón, an officer in the national army who had opposed Árbenz. Díaz was exiled and lived, until his death, in México. His body resides in Guatemala.

References

1. Pike, Fredrick B. (1995). FDR's Good Neighbor Policy: Sixty Years of Generally Gentle Chaos. University of Texas Press. ISBN 0-292-76557-6.
2. The CIA in Guatemala: The Foreign Policy of Intervention at Google Books
3. Our leaders in the period 1954 to 1986 (Guatemala)