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Deposed in Coup

El Salvador · Government / Republic of El Salvador. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

5Records
1931–1979Date range
5Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1931

Arturo Araujo2 December 1931

San Salvador · Government / Republic of El Salvador

Araujo is overthrown by military officers after political and economic crisis

1944

Andres Ignacio Menendez21 October 1944

San Salvador · Government / Republic of El Salvador

Menendez is overthrown by Osmín Aguirre y Salinas

1948

Salvador Castaneda Castro14 December 1948

San Salvador · Government / Republic of El Salvador

Castaneda Castro is overthrown by young military officers

1960

Jose Maria Lemus26 October 1960

San Salvador · Government / Republic of El Salvador

Lemus is overthrown by a military and civilian coup

1979

Carlos Humberto Romero15 October 1979

San Salvador · Government / Republic of El Salvador

Romero is overthrown by reformist military officers

Names involved

Andres Ignacio MenendezArturo AraujoCarlos Humberto RomeroJose Maria LemusSalvador Castaneda Castro

Provenance

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