Minister of National Defense of El Salvador
Minister of National Defense of El Salvador | |
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Ministro de Defensa Nacional | |
Ministry of National Defense | |
Reports to | President of El Salvador |
Appointer | President of El Salvador |
Formation | 1 March 1900 |
First holder | Fernando Figueroa |
The Minister of National Defense of El Salvador (Spanish: Ministro de Defensa Nacional de El Salvador) is a Salvadoran military officer who serves as the head of the Ministry of National Defense of El Salvador.
History[edit]
The position of Minister of National Defense was created on 1 March 1900 by President Tomás Regalado.[1]
List of ministers[edit]
No. | Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party/Branch | Ref |
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1 | Brigadier General Fernando Figueroa (1849–1919) |
1 March 1900 | 1 March 1903 | 3 years, 0 days | Liberal/Army | [1] | |
2 | Brigadier General Tomás Regalado (1861–1906) |
1 March 1903 | 11 July 1906 | 3 years, 132 days | Liberal/Army | ||
(1) | Brigadier General Fernando Figueroa (1849–1919) |
11 July 1906 | 1 March 1911 | 4 years, 233 days | Liberal/Army | [1] | |
3 | Brigadier General José María Peralta Lagos (1873–1944) |
1 March 1911 | 14 February 1913 | 1 year, 350 days | Army | [1] | |
4 | Doctor Francisco Martínez Suárez (?–?) |
February 1913 | 3 March 1915 | 2 years, 30 days c. | Independent | ||
5 | Brigadier General Luis Alonso Barahona (1867–1915) |
3 March 1915 | 20 October 1915 | 231 days | Army | [1] | |
6 | Doctor Enrique Córdova (?–?) |
20 October 1915 | 1 March 1923 | 7 years, 132 days | National Democratic Party | [1] | |
7 | Doctor Pío Romero Bosque (1860–1935) |
1 March 1923 | 1 March 1927 | 4 years, 0 days | National Democratic Party | [1] | |
8 | Doctor Alberto Gómez Zárate (?–?) |
1 March 1927 | May 1930 | 3 years, 91 days c. | National Democratic Party | [1] | |
(7) | Doctor Pío Romero Bosque (1860–1935) |
May 1930 | 1 March 1931 | 304 days c. | National Democratic Party | [1] | |
9 | Brigadier General Maximiliano Hernández Martínez (1882–1966) |
1 March 1931 | 1 December 1931 | 275 days | Army | [1] | |
10 | Salvador López Rochac (?–?) |
1 December 1931 | 2 December 1931 | 1 day | Labor Party | ||
– | Colonel Osmín Aguirre y Salinas (1889–1977) Acting |
2 December 1931 | 4 December 1931 | 2 days | Army | [1] | |
– | Colonel Joaquín Valdés (1906–1957) Acting |
4 December 1931 | 1 March 1935 | 3 years, 87 days | Army | [1] | |
11 | Brigadier General Andrés Ignacio Menéndez (1879–1962) |
1 March 1935 | 9 May 1944 | 9 years, 69 days | National Pro Patria Party/Army | [1] | |
– | Brigadier General Fidel Cristino Garay (?–?) Acting |
9 May 1944 | 20 October 1944 | 164 days | Army | [1] | |
– | Colonel Salvador Peña Trejo (?–?) Acting |
20 October 1944 | 1 March 1945 | 132 days | Army | [1] | |
12 | Brigadier General Salvador Castaneda Castro (1888–1965) |
1 March 1945 | March 1945 | 29 days c. | Unification Social Democratic Party/Army | [1] | |
13 | Brigadier General Mauro Espínola Castro (?–?) |
March 1945 | 14 December 1948 | 3 years, 288 days c. | Army | [1] | |
– | Lieutenant Colonel Fidel Rodríguez Quintanilla (?–?) Acting |
14 December 1948 | 14 September 1950 | 1 year, 274 days | Army | [1] | |
14 | Lieutenant Colonel Óscar Bolaños (?–?) |
14 September 1950 | December 1953 | 3 years, 108 days c. | Army | [1] | |
15 | Colonel Marco Antonio Molina (?–?) |
December 1953 | 14 September 1956 | 2 years, 288 days c. | Army | [1] | |
16 | Brigadier General Adán Parada (?–?) |
14 September 1956 | 20 October 1960 | 4 years, 36 days | Army | [1] | |
– | Lieutenant Colonel Alonso Castillo Navarrete (?–?) Acting |
20 October 1960 | 25 January 1961 | 97 days | Army | [1] | |
– | Lieutenant Colonel Armando Molina Mena (?–?) Acting |
25 January 1961 | May 1961 | 126 days c. | Army | [1] | |
– | Major Óscar Rodríguez Simó (?–?) Acting |
May 1961 | November 1961 | 213 days c. | Army | [1] | |
– | Colonel Armando Díaz Liévano (?–?) Acting |
November 1961 | 1 July 1962 | 242 days c. | Army | [1] | |
17 | Colonel Marco Aurelio Zacapa (?–?) |
1 July 1962 | 1 July 1967 | 5 years, 0 days | Army | [1] | |
18 | Brigadier General Fidel Torres (?–?) |
1 July 1967 | 1 July 1972 | 5 years, 0 days | Army | [1] | |
19 | Brigadier General Carlos Humberto Romero (1924–2017) |
1 July 1972 | 1 July 1977 | 5 years, 0 days | National Conciliation Party/Army | [1] | |
20 | Divisional General Federico Castillo Yanes (?–2013) |
1 July 1977 | 15 October 1979 | 2 years, 106 days | Army | [1] | |
– | Brigadier General José Guillermo García (born 1933) Acting |
15 October 1979 | April 1983 | 3 years, 197 days c. | Army | [1][2] | |
21 | Brigadier General Carlos Eugenio Vides Casanova (1937–2023) |
April 1983 | May 1989 | 6 years, 60 days c. | Army | [1][3] | |
22 | Brigadier General Rafael Humberto Larios López (born 1937) |
May 1989 | August 1990 | 1 year, 121 days c. | Army | [1] | |
23 | Brigadier General René Emilio Ponce (1947–2011) |
August 1990 | June 1993 | 2 years, 333 days c. | Army | [1] | |
24 | Brigadier General Humberto Corado Figueroa (born 1948) |
June 1993 | 1 January 1996 | 2 years, 214 days c. | Army | [1] | |
25 | Brigadier General Jaime Guzmán Morales (?–?) |
1 January 1996 | 1 January 1999 | 3 years, 0 days | Army | [1] | |
26 | General of Aviation Juan Antonio Martínez Varela (?–) |
1 January 1999 | 1 June 2004 | 5 years, 152 days | Air Force | [1] | |
27 | Brigadier General Otto Alejandro Romero Orellana (born 1955) |
1 June 2004 | 1 January 2008 | 3 years, 214 days | Army | [1] | |
28 | Divisional General Jorge Alberto Molina Contreras (1956–) |
1 January 2008 | 1 June 2009 | 1 year, 151 days | Army | [1][4] | |
29 | Divisional General David Munguía Payés (born ?) |
1 June 2009 | 23 November 2011 | 2 years, 175 days | Army | [1] | |
30 | Brigadier General José Atilio Benítez Parada (born 1958) |
23 November 2011 | 12 July 2013 | 1 year, 201 days | Army | [1] | |
(29) | Divisional General David Munguía Payés (born ?) |
12 July 2013 | 1 June 2019 | 5 years, 324 days | Army | [1] | |
31 | Vice Admiral René Merino Monroy (born 1963) |
1 June 2019 | 1 June 2024 | 5 years, 7 days | Navy | [5][6] |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao "EXMINISTROS DE DEFENSA". Ministerio de la Defensa Nacional. Archived from the original on 3 June 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
- ^ Miami Herald [dead link]
- ^ US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (8 April 2015). "ICE removes former El Salvador defense minister". Retrieved 5 June 2015.
- ^ "Gral. Jorge Alberto Molina – Ministro de la Defense Nacional" [Gen. Jorge Alberto Molina – Minister of National Defense]. Casapres.gob.sv (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 19 March 2009. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
- ^ Alas, Liseth (1 June 2019). "Estos son los funcionarios que integrarán el gabinete de Nayib Bukele" [These are the officials that will make up Nayib Bukele's cabinet] (in Spanish). San Salvador, El Salvador: El Salvador.com (published 1 June 2020). p. 1. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
- ^ "Bukele nombra nuevo ministro de Defensa y acaba la era Munguía Payés" [Bukele appoints new Defense Minister and the Munguía Payés era ends] (in Spanish). San Salvador, El Salvador: El Mundo (published 1 June 2020). 1 June 2019. p. 1. Retrieved 4 September 2020.