Juan José Guzmán

Juan José Guzmán
1st President of El Salvador
In office
14 April 1842 – 1 February 1844
Vice PresidentPedro José Arce y Fagoaga
Succeeded byFermín Palacios
Personal details
BornJuly 1797
La Unión, El Salvador
Died19 October 1847(1847-10-19) (aged 50)
SpouseRita Guzmán Cisneros
ProfessionGeneral

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

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

  • Works by or about Juan José Guzmán at Internet Archive

Notes

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Presidencia de El Salvador". Archived from the original on 2009-03-23. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
  3. ^ "Histoire et Philatélie El Salvador" (PDF). Academy Belgium (in French). 2007.
Political offices
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1842–1844
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