José María San Martín y Ulloa
José María San Martín y Ulloa short José María San Martín (born March 29, 1811 in Nacaome ( Honduras ), † August 12, 1857 in Chalatenango (El Salvador)) was President in 1852 and from February 15, 1854 to February 1, 1856 El Salvador .
Life
He was the son of Joaquín de San Martín y Ulloa . When he was a child, his family moved to Chalatenango. He began studying philosophy at the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala .
In 1832 he came to the Parliament of El Salvador as a member of parliament.
In 1834 he joined the army. At the beginning of 1834 his father Joaquín de San Martín y Ulloa declared the separation of the province El Salvador from the Central American Confederation, whereupon José Francisco Morazán Quezada marched into El Salvador and the troops of Joaquín de San Martín y Ulloa on the Río Jiboa on June 23, 1834 let beat.
Whereupon the San Martín y Ulloa family went into exile in Mexico. After the end of the Central American Confederation, they returned to El Salvador in 1840. and José María San Martín was hired as a lieutenant colonel in El Salvador.
In 1842 he tried a coup against Francisco Malespín , which failed, after which José María San Martín went into exile in Honduras.
He returned to El Salvador in 1845. On May 16, 1846, President Eugenio Aguilar appointed him Minister of Finance and War. San Martin held these offices until September 19, 1847. In 1850 he was elected to parliament, which he chaired from 1851 to 1853. From January 30 to February 1, 1852 he was President of El Salvador.
At the end of 1853 he was elected President for two years.
He took office on February 15th.
In April 1854 an earthquake caused great damage in San Salvador, whereupon the seat of government was moved to Cojutepeque and the founding of Nueva San Salvador, today's Santa Tecla , was decreed to build up as the capital.
On February 14, 1855, he decreed the establishment of the Department of Chalatenango . He commissioned Isidro Menéndez to collect the valid laws of El Salvador.
He behaved peacefully towards the conservative government of José Rafael Carrera Turcios in Guatemala. In the cabinet of his successor as President, Rafael Campo , José María San Martín was Minister of War in 1856.
1857 brought the salvadorenischen troops that against the Filibusteropiraten of William Walker had been fighting a cholera - epidemic with El Salvador. José María San Martín y Ulloa tried with his family to escape to his hacienda San Cristóbal in Chalatenango. First his daughters Concepción and Dolores and shortly afterwards José María himself died of cholera.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Asociación para el Fomento de los Estudios Históricos en Centroamérica , Implicaciones político-sociales de la campaña contra los filibusteros en El Salvador: Las acciones de Gerardo Barrios
- ^ La Prensa Grafica , August 22, 2004, La distinguida genealogía de los San Martín
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
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Francisco Dueñas Díaz Francisco Dueñas Díaz |
President of El Salvador January 30 to February 1, 1852 February 15, 1854–1. February 1856 |
Francisco Dueñas Díaz Rafael Campo |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | San Martín y Ulloa, José María |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | San Martín, José María |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Politicians in El Salvador |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 29, 1811 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nacaome (Honduras) |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 12, 1857 |
| Place of death | Chalatenango (El Salvador) |