Maximiliano Hernández Martínez

Maximiliano Hernández Martínez

politician

BIRTHDAY October 29, 1882
BIRTH SIGN Scorpio
BIRTHPLACE San Matias, El Salvador
AGE ? years old
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ABOUT MAXIMILIANO HERNáNDEZ MARTíNEZ

Salvadoran politician who ran a military government as the President of El Salvador from 1931 to 1944. He was a member of the Partido Nacional Pro-Patria political party and he notably suppressed the Salvadoran peasant revolt of 1932.

He served as Vice President and Defense Minister under President Arturo Araujo.

He became President after a coup which was caused because military personnel were not being paid their salaries.

He was raised in a Roman Catholic family in San Matias, El Salvador.

He became President of El Salvador while Andrew Jackson was President of the United States.