Francisco José Guerrero

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Francisco José Guerrero Cienfuegos
Vice President of El Salvador
In office
25 January 1962 – 1 July 1962
PresidentEusebio Rodolfo Cordón Cea
Preceded byHumberto Costa
Succeeded byFrancisco Roberto Lima
President of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador
In office
1 July 1962 – 1968
Preceded byEusebio Rodolfo Cordón Cea
Succeeded byJuan Gregorio Guardado
Personal details
Born14 May 1925
San Salvador
Died28 November 1989
Political partyNational Conciliation Party
EducationLawyer

Francisco José Guerrero Cienfuegos was a politician and lawyer from El Salvador who served as Vice President of El Salvador and President of the Legislative Assembly. He had a leadership position in National Conciliation Party (PCN).[1]

Guerrero was born on 14 May 1925 in San Salvador.[1] He graduated from the faculty of jurisprudence and social sciences of the University of El Salvador in December 1953. He worked as a lawyer.[1]

Guerrero was a founding member of the National Conciliation Party, of which he was secretary general from December 1962 to October 1967. In 1962, he acted as vice president of the Constituent Assembly.[1] He was Vice President of El Salvador in the provisional government of Eusebio Rodolfo Cordón Cea from January 1962 to July 1962.

Guerrero was President of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador from 1962 to 1968. He was appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1967 and served until 1972. Years later, he was appointed as the president of the Supreme Court of Justice.[1]

Guerrero was minister in the presidency in the cabinet of Álvaro Magaña in 1982.[2] He was the presidential candidate for the PCN for the 1984 elections.[3][1] On 28 November 1989 he was shot down by a guerrilla while he was driving his vehicle in San Salvador.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Historia del Órgano Legislativo de la República de El Salvador 1824–2006: 1936–2006" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of El Salvador. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-07-06.
  2. ^ Artiga-González, Álvaro. El Sistema Politíco Salvadoreño. ISBN 978-99923-55-56-5.
  3. ^ Division, Library of Congress Federal Research (1990). "El Salvador: A Country Study". Federal Research Division, Library of Congress.