Santiago González Portillo

(Redirected from Santiago González (politician)) Salvadoran military officer and general In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is González and the second or maternal family name is Portillo. For other uses, see Santiago González (disambiguation).

MarshalSantiago González Portillo


14th President of El Salvador
In office 15 April 1871 – 1 February 1876 Provisional: 15 April 1871 – 1 February 1872
Vice President	Manuel Méndez (1872)
Preceded by	Francisco Dueñas
Succeeded by	Andrés del Valle
Vice President of El Salvador
In office 1 February 1876 – 1 May 1876
President	Andrés del Valle
Preceded by	Manuel Méndez
Succeeded by	Baltasar Estupinián
President of the Legislative Assembly
In office 16 January 1863 – 29 January 1863
President	Gerardo Barrios
Preceded by	Himself
Succeeded by	Ireneo Chacón
In office 27 January 1862 – 26 February 1862
President	Gerardo Barrios
Preceded by	José Ángel Quirós
Succeeded by	Himself
Minister of War
In office 26 October 1863 – 15 April 1871
President	Francisco Dueñas

Personal details
Born	25 July 1818 Zacapa, Guatemala
Died	1 August 1887(1887-08-01) (aged 69) San Salvador, El Salvador
Political party	Liberal
Spouse	Soledad Fortis (m. 1866)
Profession	Military, politician
Military service
Allegiance	El Salvador
Branch/service	Salvadoran Army
Years of service	? – ?
Rank	Commander-in-Chief
Battles/wars	War of 1863 Battle of Coatepeque Siege of San Salvador

Santiago González Portillo (25 July 1818 – 1 August 1887) was a Salvadoran military officer and general who served as the President of El Salvador from 15 April 1871 to 1 February 1876.

Biography

Santiago González Portillo was born on 25 July 1818 in Zacapa, Captaincy General of Guatemala, Viceroyalty of New Spain. He married Soledad Fortis on 1 March 1866.

He served as President of the Legislative Assembly in 1862 and again in 1863 during the presidency of Captain General Gerardo Barrios. During the War of 1863, he fought alongside Barrios at the Battle of Coatepeque. He later deserted Barrios and joined the invading Guatemalans under Rafael Carrera. Under the new government of Francisco Dueñas, he served as the Minister of War of El Salvador from 1863 until 1871, when he led a revolution against Dueñas' conservative government, which was overthrown. He also amended the constitution. He became President of El Salvador after his revolution and served until 1876.

He served as Vice President and commander-in-chief of the army during the term of his successor, Andrés del Valle.

He died on 1 August 1887 in San Salvador.

References

^ "Presidentes de El Salvador – Mariscal Santiago González" [Presidents of El Salvador – Marshal Santiago González]. Casapres.gob.sv (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2 March 2009. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
^ López Vallecillos, Italo (1967). Gerardo Barrios y su Tiempo. Vol. 2. pp. 377–482.
Ching, Erik (2014-01-15). Authoritarian el Salvador: Politics and the Origins of the Military Regimes, 1880-1940. ISBN 9780268076993.

Political offices
Preceded byFrancisco Dueñas	President of El Salvador 1871–1876	Succeeded byAndrés del Valle

v t e Heads of state of El Salvador
Post-independence (1821–1823)	Barriere Delgado Filísola Codallos Consultive Junta Prado
Federal Republic of Central America (1823–1841)	J. Rodríguez Prado J. V. Villacorta Prado Cornejo J. D. Villacorta Cornejo Morazán J. San Martín Prado J. San Martín C. Salazar G. Salazar Escolán Silva Espinoza F. Gómez Vigil T. Menéndez Vigil T. Menéndez Cañas Morazán Silva Cañas Ramírez Lindo
Republic of El Salvador (1841–1931)	Lindo Arce Marín J. J. Guzmán D. Villacorta Marín J. J. Guzmán Arce Palacios Malespín Palacios J. E. Guzmán Palacios Aguilar Palacios Aguilar Medina Quirós Vasconcelos R. Rodríguez Vasconcelos Dueñas Quirós Dueñas J. M. San Martín Dueñas V. Gómez J. M. San Martín J. Hernández J. M. San Martín Dueñas Campo Dueñas Campo Zepeda Santín Barrios Santín J. E. Guzmán Peralta Barrios Dueñas González Méndez González del Valle Zaldívar Guirola Zaldívar Figueroa Rosales F. Menéndez C. Ezeta A. Ezeta Gutiérrez Regalado Escalón Figueroa M. Araujo C. Meléndez Quiñónez C. Meléndez Quiñónez J. Meléndez Quiñónez P. Romero A. Araujo
Military presidents (1931–1979)	Civic Directory Hernández Martínez A. Menéndez Hernández Martínez A. Menéndez Aguirre Castaneda Revolutionary Council of Government Osorio Lemus Junta of Government Civic-Military Directory Cordón Rivera F. Sánchez A. Molina C. Romero
Salvadoran Civil War (1979–1992)	Revolutionary Government Junta Magaña Duarte Cristiani
Post-Civil War (since 1992)	Cristiani Calderón Flores Saca Funes S. Sánchez Bukele C. Rodríguez
– Acting or provisional president – Military junta

v t e Presidents of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador
1800s	Hoyos Cornejo Mencía V. Rodríguez Blanco Paiz Mencía Zelaya Aguilar A. Morales San Martín Bonilla Dueñas Hernández Gómez Cabañas Gallardo Quirós S. González Chacón Gallardo Zaldívar Gallardo Chacón Zaldívar Campo Vasconcelos Larreynaga Fallos Valle Castro G. López D. López Vides Moreno Guirola Alvarado Galindo Ruíz Valle Larreynaga Pacas Pineda Vaquero Arce Durán A. Castro Pinto Medina Arriola Fallos Interiano Romero Aráuz
1900s	Arriola R. García Aráuz Novoa Mejía Aráuz R. García Martínez Pinto Novoa Meléndez F. García Batres Falla Parker M. Castro D. González J. Rodríguez F. López F. Reyes Olano Villacorta R. Morales Cierra F. Reyes Rivas Galindo Peralta Carmona Esquivel Cordón Guerrero Guardado Guerra R. Rodríguez Echeverría D'Aubuisson Castillo Guevara Alvarenga Angulo Salguero Flores Duch
2000s	Zepeda Araujo Zepeda Orellana Zepeda S. Reyes Peña Mendoza Gallegos Quijano Ponce E. Castro

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