Juan Vicente Villacorta Díaz

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Juan Vicente Villacorta Díaz (born January 22, 1764 in Zacatecoluca , †  November 1, 1828 in Guatemala ) was a member of the first three junior government of the Central American Confederation and in 1831 Supremo Director of El Salvador .

Life

Juan Vicente Villacorta Díaz Juán Villacorta was Haciendero of San Antonio , Zacatecoluca with 1,088 Manzanas = 760 hectares and the Hacienda San Lucas Usulutan with 1,896 Manzanas = 1,327 hectares.

On September 15, 1821, he was one of the signatories of the declaration of independence from Spain. In 1823 he formed a triumvirate with Pedro José Antonio Molina Mazariegos and Antonio Rivera Cabezas , called the 1st government junta of the Central American Confederation .

He was a member of the Constituent Assembly of the Central American Confederation . As an MP for San Vicente , he signed a declaration of independence for Central America from Spain, Mexico and all other states on July 1, 1823. From October 20, 1823, he sent around 500 soldiers to Nicaragua in support of Manuel José Arce y Fagoaga in order to enforce the connection to Mexico under Agustín de Itúrbide .

On December 13, 1824 Villacorta Díaz became Supremo Director of El Salvador, his deputy was Mariano Prado Baca .

On April 20, 1825 he introduced papel sellado for official documents, whereupon seal tax was collected.

In April 1825, Villacorta Díaz found that the Archbishop of Guatemala, Fray Ramón Casaus y Torres, continued to send pastoral letters , edicts and circulars to the parishes of the diocese of San Salvador from José Matías Delgado , undermining the authority of José Matías Delgado. Whereupon Manuel José Arce y Fagoaga warned Fray Ramón Casaus y Torres to update his mailing list.

In October 1926 he sent about 300 soldiers to Guatemala to support Manuel José Arce y Fagoaga against the Partido Conservador .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ es: Manzana (unidad de superficie)
  2. ^ Equipo Maíz, Historia de El Salvador , San Salvador, 1995. p. 50.
  3. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original dated July 12, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.asamblea.gob.ni
  4. ↑ Asociación para el Fomento de los Estudios Históricos en Centroamérica, CASAUS Y TORRES, Ramón
predecessor Office successor
Vicente Filisola President of Central America
Member of the 1st government junta with Pedro José Antonio Molina Mazariegos and Antonio Rivera Cabezas
July 10, 1823 to October 4, 1823 		2. Government junta
1st government junta Presidents of Central America
Member of the 2nd government junta with Tomás Antonio O'Horan y Argüello and José Santiago Milla Pineda
October 4, 1823 to February 5, 1824 		3. Government junta
2. Government junta Presidents of Central America
Member of the 3rd government junta with Tomás Antonio O'Horan y Argüello and José Cecilio Díaz del Valle
February 5, 1824 to March 15, 1824 		4. Government junta
Mariano Prado Baca Head of State of the Province of El Salvador
December 13, 1824–1. November 1826 		Mariano Prado Baca
personal data
SURNAME Villacorta Díaz, Juan Vicente
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Salvadoran head of state
DATE OF BIRTH January 22, 1764
PLACE OF BIRTH Zacatecoluca
DATE OF DEATH November 1, 1828
Place of death Guatemala