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List of heads of state of the Federal Republic of Central America

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President of the Federal Republic of Central America
Presidente de la República Federal de Centro América
Coat of arms of the Federal Republic of Central America
Longest serving
Francisco Morazán

16 September 1830 – 16 September 1834
14 February 1835 – 1 February 1839
StyleHis Excellency
AppointerElectoral college
Term length4 years
PrecursorCaptain General of Guatemala
FormationApril 1825
First holderManuel José Arce
Final holderDiego Vigil y Cocaña (interim)
Abolished31 March 1840
Superseded byPresident of Costa Rica
President of El Salvador
President of Guatemala
President of Honduras
President of Nicaragua

This is a list of heads of state of the Federal Republic of Central America from its founding in 1821/1823 until its dissolution in 1840.

Heads of state

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Superior Political Chiefs

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No Portrait Head of State Term of office Party
Took office Left office Time in office
1 Gabino Gaínza 15 September 1821 5 January 1822 112 days Independent
Part of the First Mexican Empire (5 January 1822 – 1 July 1823)
2 José Matías Delgado 1 July 1823 10 July 1823 9 days Independent

First Triumvirate

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No Portrait Head of State Term of office Party
Took office Left office Time in office
1 Pedro Molina Mazariegos 10 July 1823 4 October 1823 86 days Liberal
2 Antonio Rivera Cabezas Liberal
3 Juan Vicente Villacorta Díaz Independent

Second Triumvirate

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No Portrait Head of State Term of office Party
Took office Left office Time in office
1 Tomas O'Horan 4 October 1823 29 April 1825 1 year and 207 days Independent
2 José Santiago Milla Pineda Arriaga 4 October 1823 5 February 1824 124 days Independent
3 Juan Vicente Villacorta Díaz 6 October 1823 15 March 1824 161 days Liberal
4 José Cecilio del Valle 5 February 1824 29 April 1825 1 year and 83 days Conservative
5 Manuel José Arce 15 March 1824 20 October 1824 219 days Liberal
6 José Manuel de la Cerda y Aguilar 20 October 1824 29 April 1825 191 days Independent

Presidents

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Political parties

  Conservative
  Liberal

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Elected Term of office Political affiliation Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
José Cecilio del Valle
José Cecilio del Valle
José Cecilio del Valle
(1780–1834)
1825 Election nullified by the Federal Congress Conservative [1]
1
Manuel José Arce
Manuel José Arce
Manuel José Arce
(1787–1847)
1825 29 April 1825 14 February 1828 2 years and 291 days Liberal [2]
Mariano Beltranena y Llano
Mariano Beltranena y Llano
Mariano Beltranena y Llano
(1781–1866)
Interim President
14 February 1828 13 April 1829 1 year and 58 days Conservative [3]
Francisco Morazán
Francisco Morazán
Francisco Morazán
(1792–1842)
De Facto President
13 April 1829 25 June 1829 73 days Liberal [4]
José Francisco Barrundia
José Francisco Barrundia
José Francisco Barrundia
(1787–1854)
Interim President
25 June 1829 16 September 1830 1 year and 81 days Liberal
2
Francisco Morazán
Francisco Morazán
Francisco Morazán
(1792–1842)
1830 16 September 1830 16 September 1834 4 years and 0 days Liberal
José Cecilio del Valle
José Cecilio del Valle
José Cecilio del Valle
(1780–1834)
1833 Died in 1834 before assuming office Conservative
José Gregorio Salazar
José Gregorio Salazar
José Gregorio Salazar
(1773–1838)
Interim President
16 September 1834 14 February 1835 151 days Liberal
2
Francisco Morazán
Francisco Morazán
Francisco Morazán
(1792–1842)
1835 14 February 1835 1 February 1839 3 years and 352 days Liberal
Diego Vigil y Cocaña
Diego Vigil y Cocaña
Diego Vigil y Cocaña
(1799–1845)
Interim President
1 February 1839 31 March 1840 1 year and 59 days Liberal

See also

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References

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Citations

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  1. ^ Ulloa 2014, p. 171.
  2. ^ Marure 1895, pp. 27 & 45.
  3. ^ Peloso & Tenenbaum 1996, p. 71.
  4. ^ Chamorro Cardenal 1951, pp. 258 & 266.

Bibliography

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  • Chamorro Cardenal, Pedro Joaquín (1951). Historia de la Federación de la América Central: 1823–1840 [History of the Federation of Central America: 1823–1840] (PDF) (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Ediciones Cultura Hispánica. OCLC 1172113044. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
  • Marure, Alejandro (1895). Efemérides de los Hechos Notables Acaecidos en la República de Centro-América Desde el Año de 1821 Hasta el de 1842 [Ephemeris of the Notable Events that Occurred in the Republic of Central America from the Year 1821 to that of 1842] (in Spanish). Central America: Tipografía Nacional. OCLC 02933391. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  • Peloso, Vincent C. & Tenenbaum, Barbara A., eds. (1996). Liberals, Politics, and Power: State Formation in Nineteenth-century Latin America. Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press. ISBN 9780820318004. OCLC 32779022. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  • Ulloa, Félix (25 April 2014). "Dos Siglos de Elecciones en Centroamérica" [Two Centuries of Elections in Central America] (PDF). Electoral Right Magazine (in Spanish) (18). San Salvador, El Salvador: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung: 164–231. ISSN 1659-2069. OCLC 933528636. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 May 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2024.