Ramiro de León Carpio
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His Excellency Ramiro de León Carpio |
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| 31st President of Guatemala | |
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In office June 6, 1993 – January 14, 1996 |
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| Vice President | Arturo Berbruger Asturias (1993-1996) |
| Preceded by | Gustavo Espina |
| Succeeded by | Álvaro Arzú |
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January 12, 1942 Guatemala City, Guatemala |
| Died | April 16, 2002 (aged 60) Miami, United States |
| Political party | Independent |
| Spouse(s) | Mayra Duque |
| Children | 3 |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Ramiro de León Carpio (January 12, 1942 – April 16, 2002) was the President of Guatemala from June 6, 1993 until January 14, 1996.
De León studied law at the University of San Carlos and then at the Rafael Landívar University, where he ran the Sol Bolivariano ("Bolivarian Sun") newspaper. After graduating he became a state civil servant, working in the Common Market division of the Ministry of Economy between 1967 and 1969, when he became the permanent secretary of the tariff committee. In 1970 he became permanent secretary for the National Committee for Economic and Political integration. During this time he joined the right wing National Liberation Movement (MLN), whose candidate Carlos Arana won the 1970 presidential elections, and during Arana's four-year term de León served as secretary general of the State Advisory Board. He then moved to the private sector, joining the Guatemala Association of Sugar Producers, serving as their legal advisor between 1978 and 1981, and then as their general administrator until 1983. He then became involved in the bloodless coup that saw President Efraín Ríos Montt replaced by Óscar Humberto Mejía.
Along with his cousin Jorge Carpio de Leon co-founded the center-right Unity of the National Center (UCN) party. It opposed authoritarianism, and instead proposed a social liberalism. He became one of the party's 21 deputies in 1984. He played an important role in creating the 1985 Constitution, still in force to this day. He supported his cousin in the latter's attempt to win the presidential elections of 1985. Carpio got to the second round, but was then defeated by Vinicio Cerezo. De León then resigned from the UCN.
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