Ángel Guirola

Ángel Guirola
Ángel Guirola
President of El Salvador
	In office; 6 April 1884 – 21 August 1884; Acting President
Preceded by	Rafael Zaldívar
Succeeded by	Rafael Zaldívar
President of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador
	In office; 14 January 1885 – 29 May 1885
Preceded by	Himself
Succeeded by	Hermógenes Alvarado Gómez
	In office; 19 January 1884 – 29 February 1884
Preceded by	Teodoro Moreno
Succeeded by	Himself
Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador
	In office; 1866–1885
Personal details
Born	5 August 1826; Zacatecoluca, Federal Republic of Central America
Died	27 April 1910 (aged 83); Santa Tecla, El Salvador
Nationality	Salvadoran
Political party	Independent
Spouse	Cordelia Duke Alexander (m. 1859)
Children	7
Occupation	Politician

Ángel Guirola (5 August 1826 – 27 April 1910) was a Salvadoran politician who served as the acting president of El Salvador in 1884 and as the president of the Legislative Assembly in 1884 and 1885.

Biography

Ángel Guirola was born in Zacatecoluca, Federal Republic of Central America, on 5 August 1826. His parents were Rafael María Guírola and Gertrudis de la Cotera y González. He married Cordelia Duke Alexander in 1859 in New York City. He had seven children: Adalberto (who died during the Third Totoposte War, Rafael, Ángel, Eduardo, Julia, Lulú, and Matilde.^[1]

Guirola was elected as the mayor of San Vicente in 1852. He was elected as a deputy to the Legislative Assembly in 1866 from the department of San Salvador.^[1] He served as the president of the Legislative Assembly from 19 January 1884 to 29 February 1884, and again from 14 January 1885 to 29 May 1885. Additionally, he was installed as the acting president of El Salvador from 6 April 1884 to 21 August 1884 while President Rafael Zaldívar was on an official visit to Europe. Guirola resigned from the legislature in 1885 and left the country for the United States and Europe.^[2]

He died on 27 April 1910 in Santa Tecla, El Salvador.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Presidentes de El Salvador – Don Ángel Guirola" [Presidents of El Salvador – Mr. Ángel Guirola]. casapres.gob (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 21 February 2009. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
^ Zepeda Peña, Ciro Cruz (2006). "Historia del Órgano Legislativo de la República de El Salvador" [History of the Legislative Organ of the Republic of El Salvador] (PDF) (in Spanish). Legislative Assembly of El Salvador. pp. 25–29. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 August 2021. Retrieved 19 June 2021.

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[casapres-1] "Presidentes de El Salvador – Don Ángel Guirola" [Presidents of El Salvador – Mr. Ángel Guirola]. casapres.gob (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 21 February 2009. Retrieved 14 July 2021.

[Zepeda-2] Zepeda Peña, Ciro Cruz (2006). "Historia del Órgano Legislativo de la República de El Salvador" [History of the Legislative Organ of the Republic of El Salvador] (PDF) (in Spanish). Legislative Assembly of El Salvador. pp. 25–29. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 August 2021. Retrieved 19 June 2021.

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v t e Heads of state of El Salvador
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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^†
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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
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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