Pedro Arce y Fagoaga

Pedro José Arce y Fagoaga (born August 28, 1801 in San Salvador , † April 3, 1871 in Sonsonate) was Supremo Director of El Salvador from February 1 to 7, 1844 .

Life

His parents were Antonia Fagoaga y Aguilar and General Bernardo José de Arce y León. His sister was Manuela Antonia Arce y Fagoaga. His brother was Manuel José Arce y Fagoaga . He married Josefa Rascón Cuéllar y Girón. A brother of Josefa Rascón Cuéllar y Girón was an ally of José Francisco Morazán Quezada .

From September 26, 1842 to February 1, 1844 Pedro Arce y Fagoaga was deputy to the Supremo Director Juan José Guzmán . Juan José Guzmán ordered the arrest of the priest Eduardo Vázquez (Fray Veneno), a zealot who praised José Rafael Carrera Turcios from San Miguel , whereupon Bishop José Jorge Viteri y Ungo intervened with Francisco Malespín and asked for an escort for Vázquez. Malespín, Viteri and Vázquez were cheered in San Jacinto and La Vega. Malespín went to the Supremo Director in San Miguel and threatened to make his intrigues public, which prompted Juan José Guzmán to retire from his position as Supremo Director to his hacienda . When Malespín returned to San Salvador, he had the liberal newspaper Amigo del Pueblo suppressed, for Viteri's favor .

Pedro Arce y Fagoaga became the managing supremo director of El Salvador for a week .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Vértice , 18 de enero de 2004, La descendencia Arce
2. ↑ La Prensa Grafica , August 1, 2002, El general Manuel José Arce murió en la más extrema pobreza  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ content , p.79-107 , p.145-164 , p.238-263 , p.285-308, p.290 , THE HISTORY COMPANY, PUBLISHERS SAN FRANCISCO, 1887

predecessor	Office	successor
Juan José Guzman	President of El Salvador February 1-7, 1844	Francisco Malespín