José Matías Delgado

Salvadoran independence leader (1767–1832) José Matías Delgado y de León (24 February 1767 – 12 November 1832) was a Salvadoran politician, priest, and independence leader who was the second political chief of El Salvador. He also served as the president of the National Constituent Assembly of the United Provinces of Central America in 1823 and the president of the National Assembly of El Salvador in 1832. He was a prominent leader in the independence movement of El Salvador from the Spanish Empire. He opposed El Salvador's proposed merger with Guatemala or Mexico. From 28 November 1821 to 9 February 1823, he was the Political Chief of San Salvador. He later served as the President of the Constituent Assembly of the United Provinces of Central America from 24 June 1823 to 1 July 1823. Early life José Matías Delgado y de León was born on 24 February 1767 in San Salvador, then a part of the Spanish Empire's Greater Mayorship of San Salvador [es]. His parents were Pedro Delgado y Matamoros (a Panamanian) and Marina Ana de León Mexía (a Guatemalan). Delgado was the couple's third son, and in total, he had six siblings. Through Delgado's mother, he was a direct descendent of