Juan José Guzmán | |
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1st President of El Salvador | |
In office 14 April 1842 – 1 February 1844 | |
Vice President | Pedro José Arce y Fagoaga |
Succeeded by | Fermín Palacios |
Personal details | |
Born | July 1797 La Unión, El Salvador |
Died | 19 October 1847 | (aged 50)
Spouse | Rita Guzmán Cisneros |
Profession | General |
General Juan José Guzmán (July 1797, La Unión – 19 October 1847[1]) was the first President of El Salvador from 14 April 1842 to 1 February 1844.[2] He died on 19 October 1847 aged 50.
Presidency
[edit]Guzman was the first President of El Salvador and first with non consecutive terms. He was also conservative. During his tenure, he led the coalition against Costa Rica, where Francisco Morazán had very briefly gained the presidency. Guzmán was later assassinated in 1847. [3]
External links
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Leistenschneider, María; Leistenschneider, Freddy (1980). Períodos presidenciales y constituciones federales y políticas de El Salvador. San Salvador: Ministerio de Educación, Dirección de Publicaciones. p. 14.
- ^ "Presidencia de El Salvador". Archived from the original on 2009-03-23. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
- ^ "Histoire et Philatélie El Salvador" (PDF). Academy Belgium (in French). 2007.