- Francisco Gómez
:"This article is about the president of El Salvador. For the
Major League Soccer player in the U.S., see"Francisco Gomez .Francisco Gómez de Altamirano y de Elizondo (
August 5 ,1796 ,Cartago, Costa Rica —May 1838,Guatemala ) was a Central Americanlicenciado , military officer and Liberal politician. FromNovember 15 ,1835 toFebruary 1 ,1836 he was chief of state of the state of El Salvador within the Central American Federation.Gómez's parents were José Luis Goméz de Altamirano y Gazo, a Peninsular, and Bartola de Elizondo, a native of Cartago. He was sent to
Metapán , El Salvador as a child.Later he studied law in Guatemala, becoming a licenciado. Having accumulated some money, he moved back to Metapán, where he married Catalina Rodríguez. He also brought his father, now widowed, to live with him. He was part of the city council of Metapán in November 1811, when the first independence revolt broke out. He joined with the other council members in opposing this, although he was secretly a supporter of independence.
He moved to
San Salvador , where he also became a member of the city council. He edited the "Instrucciones", in which he expressed very liberal ideas.Upon the proclamation of independence, he joined the patriot cause and fought in the war against Imperial Mexico (1822-23). He attained the rank of captain.
He was elected a deputy in the Legislature in 1826. Later he returned to the army of the state, when El Salvador and Honduras withdrew recognition of the federal authorities. He served under General
Francisco Morazán , whose confidence he gained. He was promoted to colonel. OnOctober 10 ,1827 inIzalco he presented to federal PresidentManuel José Arce El Salvador's peace proposals.On
November 15 ,1835 , Morazán made him chief of state of El Salvador state, replacingNicolás Espinoza . He served on an interim basis, until he was replaced byDiego Vigil onFebruary 1 ,1836 .Francisco Gómez was assassinated in
Guatemala in May 1838.References
*This article is a free translation of the article at the Spanish Wikipedia.
External links
*es icon [http://www.casapres.gob.sv/presidentes/pres/fgomez1836.htm Short biography]
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