Minister of National Defense of El Salvador

The Minister of National Defense of El Salvador Ministro de Defensa Nacional de El Salvador is a Salvadoran military officer who serves as the head of the Ministry of Defense of El Salvador.

Minister of National Defense of El Salvador
Ministro de Defensa Nacional
Incumbent
René Francis Merino Monroy

since 1 June 2019
Ministry of Defense of El Salvador
StyleContralmirante
Reports toPresident of El Salvador
AppointerPresident of El Salvador
Formation1 March 1900
First holderFernando Figueroa

History

The position of Minister of Defense was created on 1 March 1900 by President Tomás Regalado.[1]

List of Ministers of Defense

No. Portrait Minister of Defense Took office Left office Time in office Party/Branch Ref
1 Brigadier General
Fernando Figueroa
(1849–1919)
1 March 1900 1 March 1903 3 years, 0 days Liberal/Army [1]
2 Brigadier General
Tomás Regalado
(1861–1906)
1 March 1903 11 July 1906 3 years, 132 days Liberal/Army
(1) Brigadier General
Fernando Figueroa
(1849–1919)
11 July 1906 1 March 1911 4 years, 233 days Liberal/Army [1]
3 Brigadier General
José María Peralta Lagos
(1873–1944)
1 March 1911 9 February 1913 1 year, 345 days Army [1]
4 Brigadier General
Luis Alonso Barahona
(?–?)
9 February 1913 ? August 1915 2 years, 203 days c. Army [1]
5 Doctor
Enrique Córdova
(?–?)
? August 1915 1 March 1923 7 years, 212 days c. National Democratic Party [1]
6 Doctor
Pío Romero Bosque
(1860–1935)
1 March 1923 1 March 1927 4 years, 0 days National Democratic Party [1]
7 Doctor
Alberto Gómez Zarate
(?–?)
1 March 1927 ? May 1930 3 years, 91 days c. National Democratic Party [1]
(6) Doctor
Pío Romero Bosque
(1860–1935)
? May 1930 1 March 1931 304 days c. National Democratic Party [1]
8 Brigadier General
Maximiliano Hernández Martínez
(1882–1966)
1 March 1931 2 December 1931 276 days National Republican Party/Army [1]
Colonel
Osmín Aguirre y Salinas
(1889–1977)
Acting
2 December 1931 4 December 1931 2 days Army [1]
Colonel
Joaquín Valdés
(1906–1957)
Acting
4 December 1931 1 March 1935 3 years, 87 days Army [1]
9 Brigadier General
Andrés Ignacio Menéndez
(1879–1962)
1 March 1935 9 May 1944 9 years, 69 days National Pro Patria Party/Army [1]
Brigadier General
Fidel Cristino Garay
(?–?)
Acting
9 May 1944 20 October 1944 164 days Army [1]
Colonel
Salvador Peña Trejo
(?–?)
Acting
20 October 1944 1 March 1945 132 days Army [1]
10 Brigadier General
Salvador Castaneda Castro
(1888–1965)
1 March 1945 ? March 1945 29 days c. Unification Social Democratic Party/Army [1]
11 Brigadier General
Mauro Espínola Castro
(?–?)
? March 1945 14 December 1948 3 years, 288 days c. Army [1]
Lieutenant Colonel
Fidel Rodríguez Quintanilla
(?–?)
Acting
14 December 1948 14 September 1950 1 year, 274 days Army [1]
12 Lieutenant Colonel
Óscar Bolaños
(?–?)
14 September 1950 ? December 1953 3 years, 108 days c. Army [1]
13 Colonel
Marco Antonio Molina
(?–?)
? December 1953 14 September 1956 2 years, 288 days c. Army [1]
14 Brigadier General
Adán Parada
(?–?)
14 September 1956 20 October 1960 4 years, 36 days Army [1]
Lieutenant Colonel
Alonso Castillo Navarrete
(?–?)
Acting
20 October 1960 25 January 1961 97 days Army [1]
Lieutenant Colonel
Armando Molina Mena
(?–?)
Acting
25 January 1961 ? May 1961 126 days c. Army [1]
Major
Óscar Rodríguez Simó
(?–?)
Acting
? May 1961 ? November 1961 213 days c. Army [1]
Colonel
Armando Díaz Liévano
(?–?)
Acting
? November 1961 1 July 1962 242 days c. Army [1]
15 Colonel
Marco Aurelio Zacapa
(?–?)
1 July 1962 1 July 1967 5 years, 0 days Army [1]
16 Brigadier General
Fidel Torres
(?–?)
1 July 1967 1 July 1972 5 years, 0 days Army [1]
17 Brigadier General
Carlos Humberto Romero
(1924–2017)
1 July 1972 1 July 1977 5 years, 0 days National Conciliation Party/Army [1]
18 Divisional General
Federico Castillo Yanes
(?–2013)
1 July 1977 15 October 1979 2 years, 106 days Army [1]
Brigadier General
José Guillermo García
(born 1933)
Acting
15 October 1979 ? April 1983 3 years, 197 days c. Army [1][2]
19 Brigadier General
Carlos Eugenio Vides Casanova
(born 1937)
? April 1983 ? May 1989 6 years, 60 days c. Army [1][3]
20 Brigadier General
Rafael Humberto Larios López
(born 1937)
? May 1989 ? August 1990 1 year, 121 days c. Army [1]
21 Brigadier General
René Emilio Ponce
(1947–2011)
? August 1990 ? June 1993 2 years, 333 days c. Army [1]
22 Brigadier General
Humberto Corado Figueroa
(born 1948)
? June 1993 1 January 1996 2 years, 214 days c. Army [1]
23 Brigadier General
Jaime Guzmán Morales
(?–?)
1 January 1996 1 January 1999 3 years, 0 days Army [1]
24 Divisional General
Juan Antonio Martínez Varela
(?–?)
1 January 1999 1 June 2004 5 years, 152 days Air Force [1]
25 Brigadier General
Otto Alejandro Romero Orellana
(born 1955)
1 June 2004 1 January 2008 3 years, 214 days Army [1]
26 Divisional General
Jorge Alberto Molina Contreras
(?–?)
1 January 2008 1 June 2009 1 year, 151 days Army [1]
27 Divisional General
David Munguía Payés
(born ?)
1 June 2009 23 November 2011 2 years, 175 days Army [1]
28 Brigadier General
José Atilio Benítez Parada
(born 1958)
23 November 2011 12 July 2013 1 year, 201 days Army [1]
(27) Divisional General
David Munguía Payés
(born ?)
12 July 2013 1 June 2019 5 years, 324 days Army [1]
29 Counter Admiral
René Merino Monroy
(born 1963)
1 June 2019 Incumbent 1 year, 239 days Navy [4][5]

See also

References

  1. "EXMINISTROS DE DEFENSA". Ministerio de la Defensa Nacional. Retrieved September 4, 2020.
  2. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article50792495.html
  3. US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (April 8, 2015). "ICE removes former El Salvador defense minister". Retrieved June 5, 2015.
  4. Alas, Liseth (1 June 2019). "Estos son los funcionarios que integrarán el gabinete de Nayib Bukele" [These are the officials that will make up Nayib Bukele's cabinet] (in Spanish). San Salvador, El Salvador: El Salvador.com (published 1 June 2020). p. 1. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  5. "Bukele nombra nuevo ministro de Defensa y acaba la era Munguía Payés" [Bukele appoints new Defense Minister and the Munguía Payés era ends] (in Spanish). San Salvador, El Salvador: El Mundo (published 1 June 2020). 1 June 2019. p. 1. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
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