Francisco Menéndez

Francisco Menéndez Valdivieso (3 December 1830 – 22 June 1890) was a Salvadoran politician and military officer who served as President of El Salvador from 1885 to his overthrow and death in 1890.

Menéndez enlisted in the Salvadoran Army in 1851 and became an officer in 1858. As mayor of Ahuachapán in 1871, he joined a liberal rebellion against conservative president Francisco Dueñas. Menéndez was promoted to divisional general under Marshal Santiago González's government. He launched a revolution against President Rafael Zaldívar and became provisional president on 22 June 1885. Menéndez was overthrown and killed in a coup led by General Carlos Ezeta five years later on 22 June 1890, as Ezeta wanted to succeed Menéndez as president. Provided by Wikipedia