José María Peralta

José María Peralta (* December 1807 in San Salvador ; † December 6, 1883 ibid) was President of El Salvador from February 15, 1859 to February 7, 1861 .

Life

His son was Antonio Peralta Lara. His grandson was José María Peralta Lagos, Minister of War in Manuel Enrique Araujo's cabinet . Peralta was a member of parliament.

According to Article 44 of the Constitution, the presidential term was two years. Out of personal interest, Gerardo Barrios called for the term of office to be increased to six years. Unexpectedly, the incumbent President Miguel Santín del Castillo rejected this initiative and formally contradicted it. War Minister Barrios arranged a coup against Castillo with his brother-in-law, Government Minister José de la Trinidad Francisco Cabañas Fiallos , and his friend, Minister José Félix Quiroz .

As Senator Vice-President , José María Peralta was on February 8, 1859 in San Salvador on the list of a declaration of independence drawn up by parliament.

Peralta confirmed Barrios as Commander-in-Chief of the Army on the day he was appointed President .

On March 3, 1859, the military bandmaster Antonio Tórtola and his military band occupied the Cuartel de Santo Domingo barracks and the armory in San Salvador. It was planned to ally with the garrisons of Casa Mata, Santa Tecla and the population from Cojutepeque , which failed. The occupiers demanded that the office of president be returned to Castillo.

The local commander, Colonel Eusebio Bracamonte, supported by Colonel Santiago González, had the barracks cleared. General Santiago Delgado was arrested as responsible for the uprising.

On March 12, 1859, President José María Peralta handed over the presidency to Barrios. On December 16, 1860, President Barrios handed the presidency back to José María Peralta because he was traveling to Guatemala.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Es : José María Peralta Lagos
2. ↑ Asociación para el Fomento de los Estudios Históricos en Centroamérica, Compadrazgos, negocios y política: las redes sociales de Gerardo Barrios (1860-1863)
3. ↑ Haydeé Miranda Bastidas, Hasdrúbal Becerra, La Independencia de Hispanoamérica - Declaraciones y actas ( Memento of the original of February 7, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Publishing house Biblioteca Ayacucho P. 75 
4. ↑ Peralta Lagos, Jose Mari, La Muerte de la Tórtola o Malandanzas de Un Corresponsal , San Salvador, El Salvador: Ministerio de Educacion, Direccion de Publicaciones, 1977
5. ↑ According to the official biography, this was at the place of today's Biblioteca Nacional , north of Parque Bolivar at the northeast corner of the intersection of Calle Arce and 15th Avenida Norte
6. ↑ Eusebio Bracamonte, supporter of Barrios, aggressor in Nicaragua, was beaten on April 28, 1863 near León (Nicaragua), see: Robert L. Scheina, Latin America's Wars: The Age of the Caudillo , 1791-1899, Brassey's, 2003, P.25. was buried at night on the es: Cementerio de Los Ilustres in order not to demoralize the troops, namesake was minister of war under Fernando Figueroa , on December 31, 1983 a BIRI was named after him.
7. ↑ General Santiago Delgado was killed on April 19, 1876 in en: Pasaquina in the war against Guatemala. (Bancroft page 404 FN 30)

predecessor	Office	successor
Joaquín Eufrasio Guzmán Gerardo Barrios	President of El Salvador February 15–12. March 1859 December 16, 1860–7. February 1861	Gerardo Barrios Gerardo Barrios