Francisco Dueñas Díaz

Francisco Dueñas Díaz

Francisco Dueñas (* 3. December 1810 in San Salvador , † 4. March 1884 in San Francisco ) was a politician and six times President in El Salvador .

Life

Francisco Dueñas' parents were Secundina Josefa Díaz Solórzano and Miguel José Dueñas Burgos. Francisco Dueñas married Teresa Dárdano on February 8, 1866 in San Salvador, widowed N. Orellana. The Dueñas are part of the Agujero de oro . Under the tutelage of an uncle, a clergyman , he attended the seminary at the Convento de Santo Domingo in Guatemala City in 1827 . In 1830 the archive of the convent was subordinated to the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala as part of the liberal reforms . Dueñas studied law at the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala and became a lawyer in 1836 . When Dueñas returned to El Salvador, he was appointed General Secretary of State by José Francisco Morazán Quezada . Dueñas became a member of the Partido Conservador . In 1837 he was elected a member of the Parliament of the Central American Confederation . As a politician, he defended the interests of the Catholic Church and proposed some colonial institutions for the new society.

In 1840 Dueñas went into exile with Isidro Mendez Posada in Costa Rica , as they were accused of colluding against the government. On instructions from José Félix Quiroz , chairman of the Supreme Court in El Salvador, the case was closed.

Dueñas was elected MP in 1844 and was Ministro General in the government of Joaquín Eufrasio Guzmán . President Eugenio Aguilar (1846–1848) appointed him Foreign Minister. From January 12th to March 1st he was executive president of Doroteo Vasconcelos Vides , who resigned after the defeat in the Battle of Arada.

From May 3, 1851 to January 30, 1852 he was executive president. From February 1, 1854 to February 1, 1854 he was President under the Constitution. José María San Martín y Ulloa was elected for the term of office from 1856 to 1858 Dueñas was his deputy and from May 12 to July 19, 1856 executive president.

In 1856 Dueñas became the deputy of President Rafael Campo Pomar . When Dueñas returned from Nicaragua in 1857 from a campaign against the Filibusteropiraten of William Walker , Gerardo Barrios attempted a coup against Campo. Apparently he had made an agreement with Dueñas. However, Dueñas met with Campo and refused to support Barrios. This was the beginning of an enmity that ended with the Fusiliation of Barrios. From June 24 to September 18, 1858, Miguel Santín del Castillo was represented by Barrios as president. Barrios brought a lawsuit against Santín to usurp the presidency. Knowing that he could not expect any support from Dueñas, Barrios had him deported to Guatemala. There Dueñas tried to form an alliance against Barrios with José Rafael Carrera Turcios , which he did not succeed.

In 1863 a war took place between Guatemala and El Salvador, which is attributed to the attempts by Barrios to establish a Central American Union. On July 10, 1863, Guatemalan troops occupied the city of Santa Ana. Gerardo Barrios fled to San Salvador, which was besieged by the troops from Guatemala. On October 26, 1863, Barrios fled San Salvador and the troops from Guatemala withdrew. Then Dueñas was proclaimed president by the Partido Conservador . In 1864 a conservative constitution was promulgated. On February 1, 1865, Dueñas became the constitutional president. His government promoted the cultivation of coffee, modernized the ports of La Libertad , Acajutla and La Union to promote foreign trade, was church-friendly, violently suppressed the liberal opposition and drafted a flag for the state that was valid until 1912.

In 1865 Dueñas sent the Dean of the University Gregorio Arbizú to Nicaragua to negotiate the extradition of barrios. The Nicaraguan state extradited Barrios on condition that he would not face the death penalty . Barrios was before a military court provided and on August 29, 1865 at 4:00 am firing squad . Santiago González Portillo came to power on April 12, 1871. After a brief imprisonment, Francisco Dueñas exiled to the United States.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Asociación para el Fomento de los Estudios Históricos en Centroamérica , Isidro Mendez Posada
2. ↑ ^{a b} Asociación para el Fomento de los Estudios Históricos en Centroamérica , Francisco Dueñas Díaz

predecessor	Office	successor
Doroteo Vasconcelos Vides José Félix Quiroz José María San Martín y Ulloa José María San Martín y Ulloa Gerardo Barrios	President of El Salvador 1851 1851–1852 1852–1854 1856 1863–1871	José Félix Quiroz José María San Martín y Ulloa Vicente Gómez Rafael Campo Pomar Santiago González Portillo