Santiago González Portillo
Santiago González Portillo (born July 25, 1818 in Zacapa, Guatemala , † August 1, 1887 in San Salvador , El Salvador ) was President of El Salvador from April 15, 1871 to January 11, 1876 .
Life
He was a member of the Partido Liberal . In 1850 he fled from Guatemala to El Salvador from persecution by the regime of José Rafael Carrera Turcios . In the government of Gerardo Barrios he held various government offices. On February 21, 1862, he was a candidate for the presidency and was elected for the term from 1862 to 1863. When war broke out between El Salvador and Guatemala in early 1863. He became military commander of the Santa Ana border department . In July 1863 he made a pact with Carrera and became commander in chief of the Guatemalan army . As the army of El Salvadorwas defeated, González did not recognize the presidency of Barios, but that of Francisco Dueñas Díaz of the Partido Conservador . In the government cabinet of Dueñas, Mariscal González was Minister of War and the Navy from 1863 to 1871. In 1865 he presided over a war tribunal that sentenced Barrios to death for attempted popular uprising . During his ministerial office, he married Soledad Fortis on March 1, 1866. On April 12, 1871, he overthrew Dueñas and became president. As president, he pursued a liberal policy, in 1872 he passed laws which guaranteed freedom of belief, sanctioned the secularization of cemeteries, civil marriage and civil divorce, a secular education system and the suppression of religious orders.
On February 1, 1876, he handed over his office to the latifundist, Cafetalero Andrés del Valle.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Asociación para el Fomento de los Estudios Históricos en Centroamérica, Compadrazgos, negocios y política: las redes sociales de Gerardo Barrios (1860-1863)
- ↑ en: Hubert Howe Bancroft , HISTORY OF CENTRAL AMERICA | content | c 5 p.79-107 | c 8 p.145-164 | c12 p.238-263 | c14 p.285-308 | c17 p.347-370 | c18 p.371-391 | c19 p.392-412 , THE HISTORY COMPANY, PUBLISHERS SAN FRANCISCO, 1887
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Francisco Dueñas Díaz |
President of El Salvador April 15, 1871–11. January 1876 |
Andrés del Valle |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | González Portillo, Santiago |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | President of El Salvador |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 25, 1818 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zacapa, Guatemala |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 1, 1887 |
| Place of death | San Salvador , El Salvador |