Ruler · 1813 – 1865

Gerardo Barrios

Lived 1813 – 1865; politician. President of El Salvador (El Salvador), 1859 – 1863.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 1813 – 1865; 52 years
In office: 4 years; one reign
Lines: 1; El Salvador
Left it: executed; the ruler's own article

President of El Salvador

El Salvador · the 20th of 55 dated reigns · 1839 – 2019

16 before

Lorenzo Zepeda1858

Miguel Santín del Castillo1858 – 1859

Joaquín Eufrasio Guzmán1859

Gerardo Barrios1859 – 1863

José María Peralta1860 – 1861

Francisco Dueñas1863 – 1871

Santiago González1871 – 1876

32 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadstill in officeending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1859 – 1863 · 4 years · came to it aged 46

Came to it: the in-law of the ruler before, on record
Left it: executedread from the ruler's own article

the article also: deposed, exiled, imprisoned or confined

Barrios was executed by a firing squad on 29 August 1865.

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