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Jorge Villavicencio

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Jorge Villavicencio
Minister of Public Health and Social Assistance
In office
2 May 2012 – 24 September 2014
PresidentOtto Pérez Molina
Preceded byFrancisco Arredondo
Succeeded byLuis Enrique Monterroso
Personal details
Born1958
Guatemala
Died20 July 2020
Guatemala City, Guatemala
Alma materUniversidad de San Carlos de Guatemala
ProfessionPolitician, Physician, Surgeon

Jorge Alejandro Villavicencio Álvarez (1958 – 20 July 2020) was a Guatemalan surgeon and politician who served as the Minister of Public Health and Social Assistance from May 2, 2012 to September 24, 2014 during the presidency of Otto Pérez Molina.

In 2019, Villavicencio was arrested and sent to a private military prison over corruption accusations. The charges including giving public work contracts to those commissioners benefitting him and also creating fake job positions in the Ministry while he was in charge.[1]

Villavicencio died of COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Guatemala at a hospital in Guatemala City on July 20, 2020, aged 62.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Muere exministro de Salud, Jorge Villavicencio, afectado por COVID-19". 21 July 2020. Archived from the original on 22 July 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  2. ^ Exministro Jorge Villavicencio muere por covid-19 (in Spanish)