Francisco Dueñas

Francisco Dueñas Díaz (3 December 1810 – 4 March 1884) was a Salvadoran politician and member of the Conservative Party who served as President of El Salvador on four different occasions: 3 May 1851 to 30 January 1852, 1 February 1852 to 1 February 1854, 1 to 12 February 1856 in acting capacity, and 26 October 1863 to 15 April 1871.[1]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Dueñas and the second or maternal family name is Díaz.
Francisco Dueñas
6th and 11th President of El Salvador
In office
26 October 1863 – 15 April 1871
Provisional: 26 October 1863 – 1 February 1865
Vice PresidentGregorio Arbizú (1865–1869)
José María Parrilla(1869–1871)
Preceded byGerardo Barrios
Succeeded bySantiago González Portillo
In office
1 February 1852 – 1 February 1854
Vice PresidentTomás Medina
Preceded byJosé María San Martín
Succeeded byVicente Gómez
In office
13 May 1851 – 30 January 1852
Vice PresidentTomás Medina
Preceded byJosé Félix Quirós
Succeeded byJosé María San Martín
In office
12 January 1851 – 1 March 1851
Provisional President
Vice PresidentJosé Félix Quirós
Preceded byDoroteo Vasconcelos
Succeeded byJosé Félix Quirós
Vice President of El Salvador
In office
1 February 1856 – 1 February 1858
PresidentHimself (to 12 February 1856)
Rafael Campo (from 12 February 1856)
Preceded byMariano Hernández
Succeeded byJoaquín Eufrasio Guzmán
President of the Legislative Assembly
In office
27 January 1855 – 24 February 1855
Preceded byJuan José Bonilla
Succeeded byJosé Mariano Hernández
Personal details
Born3 December 1810
San Salvador, El Salvador
Died4 March 1884(1884-03-04) (aged 73)
San Francisco, United States
Resting placeSanta Tecla, El Salvador
Political partyConservative
Spouse
Teresa Dárdano
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(m. 1866)​
Children5
ProfessionPolitician, doctor

He was "an ardent defender of the clerical interests. Dueñas at one time had taken the vows as a Dominican, but when the convents were closed in 1829, he left the cloister and secured a papal dispensation." Under his leadership, "the clerical party was in the ascendancy and El Salvador experienced a far-reaching Conservative reaction."[2]

Personal life

Francisco Dueñas Díaz was born on 3 December 1810 in San Salvador, El Salvador.[1] His father was José Miguel Dueñas and his mother was Secundina Díaz.[1] He married on Teresa Dárdano on 12 February 1866 and his ceremony was presided over by Bishop Tomás Pineda y Zaldaña.[1] He had five children: Francisco, Carlos, Miguel, Pablo, and Antonia.[1]

References
  1. "Presidentes de El Salvador – Licenciado Francisco Dueñas" [Presidents of El Salvador – Graduate Francisco Dueñas]. Casapres.gob.sv (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2 March 2009. Retrieved 10 June 2007.
  2. J. Lloyd Mecham, Church and State in Latin America (University of North Carolina Press, 1966), p. 324
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