Alejandro Manuel Sinibaldi Castro (1825–1896) was acting President of Guatemala from April 2, 1885, to April 5, 1885. Biography Of partial Italian descent, he was a rich businessman who Was "First Designate to the Presidency", the equivalent of Vice-President in the time of Justo Rufino Barrios. When Barrios was killed on April 2, 1885, in El Salvador, Sinibaldi Castro became acting president. However, given that Sinibaldi Castro had no political connections and was not in the military, he was pressured to resign within days of taking over. His successor was general Manuel Lisandro Barillas, who served as acting president but never called for elections in the stipulated time, and when he eventually did, he was elected as Constitutional President. Image gallery See also Justo Rufino Barrios Manuel Lisandro Barillas References Bibliography Notes 1825 births 1896 deaths Guatemalan people of Italian descent Liberal Party (Guatemala) politicians Presidents of Guatemala Vice presidents of Guatemala 19th-century Guatemalan people