Francisco Menéndez

Brigadier General
Francisco Menéndez
Brigadier General Francisco Menéndez
President of El Salvador
	In office; 21 June 1885 – 22 June 1890
Vice President	Baltasar Estupinián
Preceded by	José Rosales Herrador
Succeeded by	Carlos Ezeta
Personal details
Born	3 December 1830; Ahuachapán
Died	22 June 1890; San Salvador
Political party	Liberal
Profession	Military
Military service
Allegiance	El Salvador
Branch/service	Salvadoran Army

Francisco Menéndez Valdivieso (3 December 1830 – 22 June 1890) was Provisional President of El Salvador from 22 June 1885 to 1 March 1887, then President of El Salvador from 1 March 1887 until his death on 22 June 1890.^[1]

General Francisco Menéndez was born in Ahuachapán, 3 December 1830 and died in San Salvador, 22 June 1890. His parents were José Eustachian Menéndez and Gabriela Valdivieso, independently wealthy landowners. In 1858, General Menéndez wed Bonifacia Salazar in an arranged marriage. At age forty-one he took an active role in the revolution of 1871 that ousted Dr. Francisco Dueñas, the mayor of Ahuachapán. At the age of fifty-five General Menéndez was named Provisional President of El Salvador 22 June 1885, receiving the supreme power of José Rosales.

Menéndez presided over the creation of the liberal Constitution of 1886, which served as El Salvador's constitution well into the 20th century. He was elected to a constitutional four-year term in 1887 and would be overthrown in a coup d'état in 1890. His son José Asensio Menéndez and grandson Enrique Magaña Menéndez were active in politics in the 20th century.

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Preceded by Rafael Zaldívar	President of El Salvador 1885–1890	Succeeded by Carlos Ezeta

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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^†
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