Joaquín Valdés

Colonel
Joaquín Valdés
Chairman of the Civic Directory
In office
2 December 1931 – 4 December 1931
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Minister of National Defense
In office
4 December 1931 – 1 March 1935
Acting Minister of National Defense
PresidentMaximiliano Hernández Martínez (until 28 August 1934)
Andrés Ignacio Menéndez (from 28 August 1934)
Preceded byOsmín Aguirre y Salinas
Succeeded byAndrés Ignacio Menéndez
Personal details
Born22 September 1906
San Salvador, El Salvador
Died30 August 1957(1957-08-30) (aged 50)
San Salvador, El Salvador
OccupationMilitary
Military service
Allegiance El Salvador
Branch/serviceSalvadoran Army
RankColonel El Salvador Colonel
CommandsNational Guard
Battles/wars1931 Salvadoran coup d'état
La Matanza

Joaquín Valdés (22 September 1906 – 30 August 1957) was a Salvadoran military officer who served as the Minister of National Defense from 1931 to 1935 and as Co-chairman of the Civic Directory in December 1931.

Biography

Joaquín Valdés was born on 22 September 1906 in San Salvador, El Salvador.[1] He joined the Salvadoran Army and rose to the rank of Colonel.

The Civic Directory of El Salvador of 2 December 1931. Joaquín Valdés is the 6th from the right.

On 2 December 1931, the Army staged a coup and deposed President Arturo Araujo.[2] Valdés and Osmín Aguirre y Salinas appointed themselves as co-chairmen of the Civic Directory of El Salvador[3] The Civic Directory was dissolved on 4 December 1931 and handed the Presidency to former Vice President Brigadier General Maximiliano Hernández Martínez.[3][4]

Hernández Martínez appointed Joaquín Valdés to be his Minister of National Defense on 4 December 1931.[1] He served until 1 March 1935 when he was replaced by Brigadier General Andrés Ignacio Menéndez.[1]

Joaquín Valdés died in San Salvador, El Salvador, on 30 August 1957.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Presidentes de El Salvador - Directorio Civico" [Presidents of El Salvador - Civic Directory]. Presidente Elías Antonio Saca El Salvador (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2 March 2009.
  2. ^ Bland, Gary "Assessing the transition to democracy" in Tulchin, Joseph S. with Gary Bland (1992) Is there a transition to democracy in El Salvador? Boulder: Westview Press, p 166
  3. ^ a b Grieb, Kenneth J. (1971). "The United States and the Rise of General Maximiliano Hernández Martínez". Journal of Latin American Studies. 3 (2): 151–172. doi:10.1017/S0022216X00001425.
  4. ^ "20. El Salvador (1927-present)".
Political offices
New office Chairman of the Civic Directory
1931
with Osmín Aguirre y Salinas (1931) 		Office abolished
Preceded by Minister of National Defense
(acting)
1931–1935 		Succeeded by