Julio Lozano Díaz

{{Short description|President of Honduras from 1954 to 1956}}

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| name = Julio Lozano Díaz

| image = File:Julio Lozano 400.jpg

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| order = President of Honduras
(Supreme Head of State)

| term_start = 5 December 1954

| term_end = 21 October 1956

| predecessor = Juan Manuel Galvez

| successor = Military Government Council
(de facto)
Ramón Villeda Morales
(de jure)

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| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1885|3|27}}

| birth_place = Tegucigalpa, Honduras

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1957|8|20|1885|3|27}}

| death_place = Miami, Florida, U.S.

| death_cause = Cerebral thrombosis, Complicated by Pneumonia {{cite web |title=JULIO LOZANO, 72, OF HONDURAS, DIES; Ex-Chief of State Held Many Government Posts--Was Wealthy Business Man Primarily an Administrator Refused New Election (Published 1957) |website=The New York Times |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221106125445/https://www.nytimes.com/1957/08/21/archives/julio-lozano-72-of-honduras-dies-exchief-of-state-held-many.html |archive-date=2022-11-06 |url-status=live |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/08/21/archives/julio-lozano-72-of-honduras-dies-exchief-of-state-held-many.html}}

| party = National Party of Honduras

| spouse = Laura Vigil de Lozano

| profession = Accountant

}}

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

He was born in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, and worked as an accountant for the Rosario Mining Company. He was Minister of Finance of Honduras from 1934 to 1936.{{Cite web|url=http://www.sefin.gob.hn:80/galeria.htm|title=Galería de Ministros|date=July 15, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060715231453/http://www.sefin.gob.hn:80/galeria.htm|archive-date=15 July 2006}}

Lozano assumed presidential authority on 16 November 1954 while President Juan Manuel Gálvez was out of the country seeking medical attention. 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, Lozano 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.

Lozano Diaz died the following year in Miami, Florida.