Maximiliano Hernández Martínez (October 29 1882 – May 15 1966) was the President of El Salvador from 1931 to 1944. While he served as President Arturo Araujo’s vice-president and defense minister a directorate seized power during a palace coup and afterwards named General Hernández president of El Salvador.Hernández Martínez was born in San Matías La Libertad. In the 1931 presidential election he was initially a candidate for his newly formed National Republican Party.
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