Osmín Aguirre y Salinas

Osmín Aguirre y Salinas


President of El Salvador
In office 21 October 1944 – 1 March 1945
Preceded by	Andrés Ignacio Menéndez
Succeeded by	Salvador Castañeda
Personal details
Born	(1889-12-25)25 December 1889 San Miguel, El Salvador
Died	17 July 1977(1977-07-17) (aged 87) San Salvador, El Salvador
Nationality	Salvadoran
Political party	No Party
Military service
Allegiance	El Salvador
Service/branch	El Salvador Army

Osmín Aguirre y Salinas (December 25, 1889 – July 17, 1977) was President of El Salvador, from 21 October 1944 to 1 March 1945. A Colonel in the Salvadoran Army, Aguirre led two successful coups against the Salvadoran government: once in 1931 (installing General Maximiliano Hernández Martínez in power) and again in 1944 (installing himself in power). He was deposed himself in March 1945 and forced to flee into exile in Honduras. He was later assassinated near his home in San Salvador at the age of 87.

Political offices
Preceded by Andrés Ignacio Menéndez (provisional)	President of El Salvador 1944–1945 (provisional)	Succeeded by Salvador Castañeda Castro

Heads of state of El Salvador

Federal Republic of Central America (1821–41)	Barriere Delgado Filisola Codallos Junta Consultiva Prado J. Rodríguez Prado J. V. Villacorta Prado Cornejo J. D. Villacorta Cornejo Morazán J. San Martín Prado J. San Martín C. Salazar G. Salazar Escolán Silva Espinoza F. Gómez Vigil T. Menéndez Vigil T. Menéndez Cañas Morazán Silva Cañas Ramírez

Republic of El Salvador (1841–1931)	Lindo Marín J. J. Guzmán Palacios Malespín J. E. Guzmán Palacios Aguilar Medina Quirós Vasconcelos R. Rodríguez Vasconcelos Quirós Dueñas J. M. San Martín Dueñas V. Gómez J. M. San Martín Dueñas Campo Zepeda Santín J. E. Guzmán Peralta Barrios Dueñas González del Valle Zaldívar F. Menéndez Ezeta Gutiérrez Regalado Escalón Figueroa M. Araujo C. Meléndez Quiñónez C. Meléndez Quiñónez J. Meléndez Quiñónez P. Romero A. Araujo

Military Presidents (1931–1980)	Hernández Martínez A. Menéndez Hernández Martínez A. Menéndez Aguirre Castaneda Revolutionary Council Osorio Lemus Military Junta Cordón Rivera Sánchez Hernández Molina C. Romero Revolutionary Government Junta

Salvadoran Civil War (1980–1992)	Magaña Duarte Cristiani

Post-Civil War (since 1992)	Cristiani Calderón Sol Flores Saca Funes Cerén

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