Alberto Gómez Zárate (23 February 1883 – 19 August 1967) was a Salvadoran politician and lawyer who served as Minister of War, the Navy, and Aviation under President Pío Romero Bosque from 1927 to 1930. He was also a candidate for

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in the 1931 general election as a member of the Patriotic Action Party. Zárate's candidacy had the support of the military, but he eventually lost the election to Arturo Araujo. Zárate owned a law firm in

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. From 1910 to 1912, Zárate served as a substitute deputy of the

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from the

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. From 1923 to 1927, Zárate served as the sub-secretary of war, the navy, and aviation under President

Alfonso Quiñónez Molina Alfonso Quiñónez Molina (11 January 1874 – 22 May 1950) was a Salvadoran politician and physician who served as President of El Salvador on three occasions during the 1910s and 1920s. Between his presidencies, he also served as Vice Presid ...

and Minister of War Romero. From 1939 to 1941, Zárate was the country's

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; from 1942 to 1943, he was the first presidential designate. Zárate served as the president of the

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from 1932 until his resignation in May 1944 following the Strike of Fallen Arms and the resignation of President

Maximiliano Hernández Martínez Maximiliano Hernández Martínez (21 October 1882 – 15 May 1966) was a Salvadoran military officer and politician who served as president of El Salvador from 4 December 1931 to 28 August 1934 in a provisional capacity and again in an offi ...

. In May 1945, he became the country's

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and served until December 1948.

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