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Maximiliano Hernández Martínez

1882 - 1966

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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 official capacity from 1 March 1935 until his resignation on 9 May 1944. Martínez was the leader of El Salvador during most of World War II. Martínez began his military career in the Salvadoran Army, attended the Polytechnic School of Guatemala, and attained the rank of brigadier general by 1919. He ran for president during the 1931 presidential election but withdrew his candidacy and instead endorsed Labor Party candidate Arturo Araujo, who selected Martínez to serve as his vice president and later minister of defense. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maximiliano Hernández Martínez has received more than 335,986 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Maximiliano Hernández Martínez is the 8,202nd most popular politician (down from 7,899th in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from El Salvador (down from 4th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Salvadoran Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Maximiliano Hernández Martínez ranks 8,202 out of 19,576. Before him are Count Karl Sigmund von Hohenwart, Teimuraz I of Kakheti, Tirimüjgan Kadın, Clarice de' Medici, Andrey Razumovsky, and Birbal. After him are Prince Paul of Württemberg, Kjell Magne Bondevik, Ariarathes VII of Cappadocia, Jambyn Batmönkh, Henry Berengar, and Tai Kang.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Maximiliano Hernández Martínez ranks 101. Before him are Ladislas Starevich, Raymonde de Laroche, Karl Rapp, Infanta María Teresa of Spain, Vilém Mathesius, and Kâzım Karabekir. After him are Shigenori Tōgō, Christian Mortensen, Harry Porter, Bronisław Huberman, Anna Schäffer, and Aurel Vlaicu. Among people deceased in 1966, Maximiliano Hernández Martínez ranks 75. Before him are Vera Weizmann, Bud Powell, Vladimir Minorsky, Victor Brauner, Caterina Albert, and Wilhelm Röpke. After him are Hermann Scherchen, Venceslau Brás, Väinö Tanner, Wieland Wagner, Camilo Torres Restrepo, and Emil Brunner.

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In El Salvador

Among people born in El Salvador, Maximiliano Hernández Martínez ranks 5 out of 39. Before him are Óscar Romero (1917), Salvador Sánchez Cerén (1944), Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry (1901), and Nayib Bukele (1981). After him are Farabundo Martí (1893), Unica Zürn (1916), Mágico González (1958), José Napoleón Duarte (1925), Mauricio Funes (1959), Alfredo Cristiani (1947), and Fidel Sánchez Hernández (1917).

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Among POLITICIANS In El Salvador

Among politicians born in El Salvador, Maximiliano Hernández Martínez ranks 3. Before him are Salvador Sánchez Cerén (1944), and Nayib Bukele (1981). After him are Farabundo Martí (1893), José Napoleón Duarte (1925), Alfredo Cristiani (1947), Fidel Sánchez Hernández (1917), Armando Calderón Sol (1948), Arturo Armando Molina (1927), Carlos Humberto Romero (1924), Schafik Hándal (1930), and Álvaro Magaña (1925).

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