Pío Romero Bosque (1860 – 10 December 1935) was a Salvadoran politician who served as

president of El Salvador The president of El Salvador ( es, Presidente de El Salvador), officially known as the President of the Republic of El Salvador ( es, Presidente de la República de El Salvador), is the head of state and head of government of El Salvador. He i ...

from 1 March 1927 until 1 March 1931. He also served as the

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Alfonso Quiñónez Molina Alfonso Quiñónez Molina (January 11, 1874 – May 22, 1950) was the President of El Salvador from 21st of December 1918 to the 28th of February 1919 and from the 1st of March 1923 to 28th ofFebruary 1927. He served as the Vice President ...

from 1 March 1923 to 1 March 1927. He is reputed to be one of the few, if not the only, Salvadoran president who was able to strike a political balance in government during his administration. This balance is often known as the "natural mix" – a balance between concession to demands of the various components of society and repression of the same in a given country. He was a scion of the Meléndez–Quiñónez "dynasty", who, rather than impose his own heir as president, allowed a democratization of the country with its first free elections in

1931 Events January * January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics. * January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa. * January 22 – Sir I ...

, won by Arturo Araujo.

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1860 births 1935 deaths People from Cuscatlán Department Salvadoran people of Spanish descent Presidents of El Salvador Vice presidents of El Salvador Defence ministers of El Salvador {{ElSalvador-politician-stub