Carlos García y García

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Carlos García y García

| image =

| office = Second Vice President of Peru

| president = Alberto Fujimori

| term_start = July 28, 1990

| term_end = April 5, 1992

| predecessor = Luis Alva Castro

| successor = César Paredes Canto (1995)

| office2 = Member of the Chamber of Deputies

| term_start2 = July 28, 1956

| term_end2 = July 18, 1962

| constituency2 = Piura

| birth_date = {{birth date|1927|11|19|df=yes}}{{fact|date=June 2022}}

| birth_place = Peru

| death_date = {{death date and age|2016|5|10|1927|11|19|df=y}}

| death_place = Lima, Peru

| nationality = {{flag|Peru}}ian

| party = Cambio 90

| profession = Baptist pastor

}}

Carlos García y García (19 November 1927{{fact|date=June 2022}} – 10 May 2016) was a Peruvian former Fujimorist politician and Baptist pastor.

Political career

He served as the Second Vice President of Peru from July 28, 1990, to April 5, 1992, during the presidency of Alberto Fujimori.{{cite web|url=https://www.elregionalpiura.com.pe/index.php/especiales/164-informes/11143-presidentes-y-vicepresidentes-desde-1980-en-peru-crisis-y-realidades|title=Presidentes y vicepresidentes desde 1980 en Perú, crisis y realidades|date=26 July 2018}} Though García y García was a member of Fujimori's Cambio 90, he publicly condemned Fujimori's coup and constitutional crisis, which took place on 5 April 1992.{{cite news|title=Falleció Carlos García y García, el ex segundo vicepresidente de Fujimori que se opuso al autogolpe|url=http://larepublica.pe/politica/766480-fallecio-carlos-garcia-y-garcia-el-exsegundo-vicepresidente-de-fujimori-que-se-opuso-al-autogolpe|work=La República|date=10 May 2016|access-date=11 March 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160605025750/http://larepublica.pe/politica/766480-fallecio-carlos-garcia-y-garcia-el-exsegundo-vicepresidente-de-fujimori-que-se-opuso-al-autogolpe|archive-date=5 June 2016}}{{cite news|title=Falleció ex segundo vicepresidente Carlos García y García|url=http://elcomercio.pe/politica/actualidad/fallecio-ex-segundo-vicepresidente-carlos-garcia-y-garcia-noticia-1900540|work=El Comercio (Peru)|access-date=11 March 2017}}

García y García, a Baptist minister, also served as the president of the National Evangelical Council (Concilio Nacional Evangélico). In July 2002, García y García was awarded the Medalla de Honor del Congreso (Grand Officer) for his defense of democracy and the Constitution during the 1992 Peruvian constitutional crisis.

Death

Carlos García y García died on 10 May 2016 at the age of 88.{{fact|date=June 2022}} His wake and viewing was held at a church in the Lince District of Lima on 12 May 2016.