Minister of National Defense of El Salvador
The Minister of National Defense of El Salvador Ministro de Defensa Nacional de El Salvador is a Salvadoran military officer who serves as the head of the Ministry of Defense of El Salvador.
| Minister of National Defense of El Salvador
Ministro de Defensa Nacional | |
|---|---|
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| Ministry of Defense of El Salvador | |
| Style | Contralmirante |
| Reports to | President of El Salvador |
| Appointer | President of El Salvador |
| Formation | 1 March 1900 |
| First holder | Fernando Figueroa |
History
The position of Minister of Defense was created on 1 March 1900 by President Tomás Regalado.[1]
List of Ministers of Defense
| No. | Portrait | Minister of Defense | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party/Branch | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | .jpg.webp) |
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 | 9 February 1913 | 1 year, 345 days | Army | [1] |
| 4 | |
Brigadier General Luis Alonso Barahona (?–?) |
9 February 1913 | ? August 1915 | 2 years, 203 days c. | Army | [1] |
| 5 | |
Doctor Enrique Córdova (?–?) |
? August 1915 | 1 March 1923 | 7 years, 212 days c. | National Democratic Party | [1] |
| 6 |  |
Doctor Pío Romero Bosque (1860–1935) |
1 March 1923 | 1 March 1927 | 4 years, 0 days | National Democratic Party | [1] |
| 7 | |
Doctor Alberto Gómez Zarate (?–?) |
1 March 1927 | ? May 1930 | 3 years, 91 days c. | National Democratic Party | [1] |
| (6) | |
Doctor Pío Romero Bosque (1860–1935) |
? May 1930 | 1 March 1931 | 304 days c. | National Democratic Party | [1] |
| 8 |  |
Brigadier General Maximiliano Hernández Martínez (1882–1966) |
1 March 1931 | 2 December 1931 | 276 days | National Republican Party/Army | [1] |
| – |  |
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] |
| 9 |  |
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] |
| 10 |  |
Brigadier General Salvador Castaneda Castro (1888–1965) |
1 March 1945 | ? March 1945 | 29 days c. | Unification Social Democratic Party/Army | [1] |
| 11 | |
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] |
| 12 | |
Lieutenant Colonel Óscar Bolaños (?–?) |
14 September 1950 | ? December 1953 | 3 years, 108 days c. | Army | [1] |
| 13 | |
Colonel Marco Antonio Molina (?–?) |
? December 1953 | 14 September 1956 | 2 years, 288 days c. | Army | [1] |
| 14 | |
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] |
| 15 | |
Colonel Marco Aurelio Zacapa (?–?) |
1 July 1962 | 1 July 1967 | 5 years, 0 days | Army | [1] |
| 16 | |
Brigadier General Fidel Torres (?–?) |
1 July 1967 | 1 July 1972 | 5 years, 0 days | Army | [1] |
| 17 |  |
Brigadier General Carlos Humberto Romero (1924–2017) |
1 July 1972 | 1 July 1977 | 5 years, 0 days | National Conciliation Party/Army | [1] |
| 18 | |
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] |
| 19 | |
Brigadier General Carlos Eugenio Vides Casanova (born 1937) |
? April 1983 | ? May 1989 | 6 years, 60 days c. | Army | [1][3] |
| 20 | |
Brigadier General Rafael Humberto Larios López (born 1937) |
? May 1989 | ? August 1990 | 1 year, 121 days c. | Army | [1] |
| 21 | |
Brigadier General René Emilio Ponce (1947–2011) |
? August 1990 | ? June 1993 | 2 years, 333 days c. | Army | [1] |
| 22 | |
Brigadier General Humberto Corado Figueroa (born 1948) |
? June 1993 | 1 January 1996 | 2 years, 214 days c. | Army | [1] |
| 23 | |
Brigadier General Jaime Guzmán Morales (?–?) |
1 January 1996 | 1 January 1999 | 3 years, 0 days | Army | [1] |
| 24 |  |
Divisional General Juan Antonio Martínez Varela (?–?) |
1 January 1999 | 1 June 2004 | 5 years, 152 days | Air Force | [1] |
| 25 |  |
Brigadier General Otto Alejandro Romero Orellana (born 1955) |
1 June 2004 | 1 January 2008 | 3 years, 214 days | Army | [1] |
| 26 | |
Divisional General Jorge Alberto Molina Contreras (?–?) |
1 January 2008 | 1 June 2009 | 1 year, 151 days | Army | [1] |
| 27 |  |
Divisional General David Munguía Payés (born ?) |
1 June 2009 | 23 November 2011 | 2 years, 175 days | Army | [1] |
| 28 |  |
Brigadier General José Atilio Benítez Parada (born 1958) |
23 November 2011 | 12 July 2013 | 1 year, 201 days | Army | [1] |
| (27) | |
Divisional General David Munguía Payés (born ?) |
12 July 2013 | 1 June 2019 | 5 years, 324 days | Army | [1] |
| 29 |  |
Counter Admiral René Merino Monroy (born 1963) |
1 June 2019 | Incumbent | 1 year, 239 days | Navy | [4][5] |
See also
References
- "EXMINISTROS DE DEFENSA". Ministerio de la Defensa Nacional. Retrieved September 4, 2020.
- http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article50792495.html
- US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (April 8, 2015). "ICE removes former El Salvador defense minister". Retrieved June 5, 2015.
- 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.
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