Joaquín Escolán y Balibrera (b.
San Salvador) was a nineteenth-century
Salvadoran
Salvadorans (Spanish: ''Salvadoreños''), also known as Salvadorians (alternate spelling: Salvadoreans), are citizens of El Salvador, a country in Central America. Most Salvadorans live in El Salvador, although there is also a significant Salvad ...
politician. Briefly in 1834 he was chief of state of the State of El Salvador, within the
Federal Republic of Central America
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On September 30, 1834 Escolán was designated chief of state of El Salvador. Days later, on October 5, the Legislative Assembly designed the city of
San Vicente as the residence of the state authorities, in agreement with Escolán. The Assembly also granted the titles of ''General of the Army'' and ''
Benemérito of the Fatherland'' to General
Francisco Morazán
José Francisco Morazán Quesada (; born October 3, 1792 – September 15, 1842) was a Central American politician who served as president of the Federal Republic of Central America from 1830 to 1839. Before he was president of Central America h ...
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Escolán served until October 14, 1834 (two weeks), and then turned over the office to
José María Silva
Licenciado José María Silva (c. 1804, San Miguel, El Salvador – October 16, 1876, San Miguel) was a Liberal Salvadoran politician. He was twice briefly chief of state of the State of El Salvador, within the Federal Republic of Central Amer ...
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On March 2, 1835, because
Dionisio de Herrera
José Dionisio de la Trinidad de Herrera y Díaz del Valle (9 October 1781 in Choluteca, Honduras – 13 June 1850 in San Vicente, El Salvador) was a Liberal Honduran politician, head of state of Honduras from 1824 to 1827 and head of ...
had declined the appointment as head of state, Escolán again exercised the executive powers, this time as ''consejero'' (councilor). He governed until April 10, 1835. On the latter date, General
Nicolás Espinoza, popularly elected, took office.
External links
Brief biography at the Salvadoran government web site
Presidents of El Salvador
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