Miguel Guerra
El Guerrero Miguel Guerra | |
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| President of Montilla | |
| In office 15 November 1960 – 14 November 2000 | |
| Vice President | Eduardo Velázquez (1960-1981) Álvaro Santana (1981-1990) Diego Villa Simarro (1990-2000) |
| Preceded by | Provisional Government (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Diego Villa Simarro |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 February 1920 Cabalgata del Ángel, Tierra Alta, Montilla |
| Died | 11 September 2010 (aged 90) Guaitiao, Montilla |
| Political party | Communist Party of Montilla |
| Other political affiliations | Workers' and Peasants' Party of Montilla (1939-1943) Montillan Revolutionary Movement (1950-1957) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Montilla |
| Branch/service |  Revolutionary Armed Forces |
| Years of service | 1957-2002 |
| Battles/wars | Montillan Revolution |
Miguel Jorge Rodríguez Guerra (26 February 1920 - 11 September 2010) was a Montillan revolutionary and politician who served as president of Montilla from 1960 to 2000. Miguel was ideologically a Marxist-Leninist communist, one of the founders of the Communist Party of Montilla and its first General Secretary. His administration saw Montilla become a one-party socialist state; the expropriation, collectivization and nationalization of industries and business; along with the implementation of socialist and communist reforms.
Miguel Guerra was born in Cabalgata del Ángel (today Presidente Guerra) to a family of peasants, Guerra went on to study medicine in the University of Guaitiao, where he adopted leftist and socialist ideas after becoming involved in the student movement. He became the leader of the student wing of the Workers' and Peasants' Party of Montilla after successfully leading anti-renovationalist student strikes in 1941.