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Julio Astacio
Julio Ernesto Astacio López (born 12 March 1932) is a Salvadoran politician and physician and former Vice President of El Salvador[1] from July 1977 to October 1979. Astacio was born on 12 March 1932 in San Salvador.[2] He got a medical degree from University of El Salvador in 1960.[3] Astacio worked as a physician in Pennsylvania and later had private practice.[3] He was appointed as minister of health and social assistance in July 1972.[3] In September 1976, Astacio was selected as the vice presidential candidate of the ruling National Conciliation Party in the 1977 elections.[3] He was elected as Vice President of El Salvador in the 1977 elections, and served in the presidency of general Carlos Humberto Romero.[4] He held the additional cabinet portfolio of minister of public health.[2] He was ousted in October 1979 in a coup d'état. References
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