Julio Lozano Díaz

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Julio Lozano Díaz (March 27, 1885 – August 20, 1957), was first vice-president (1949-1954) and then president of Honduras, from December 5, 1954 until October 21, 1956.

Born in Tegucigalpa Honduras, Díaz assumed presidential authority on November 16, 1954 while President Juan Manuel Gálvez was out of the country. In December, citing a constitutional crisis over the stalemated presidential elections, he proclaimed himself the chief of state and he began instituting his own policies. Generally unpopular, and in ill health, Díaz was forced to resign by the military. He won a democratic election in 1956, but the result was deemed illegitimate and was annulled by the military junta. He died in Miami, Florida.