Enrique Mayorga Rivas
Enrique Mayorga Rivas | |
|---|---|
| Vice President of El Salvador | |
| In office 1 July 1972 – 1 July 1977 | |
| President | Arturo Armando Molina |
| Preceded by | Humberto Guillermo Cuestas |
| Succeeded by | Julio Ernesto Astacio |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 November 1926 San Salvador, El Salvador |
| Died | April 1987 (aged 60) |
| Party | National Conciliation Party |
| Education | Lawyer |
Enrique Mayorga Rivas (November 1, 1926– April 1987) was a Salvadoran politician and Vice President of El Salvador from 1972 to 1977.[1]
Mayorga was born on 1 November 1926 in San Salvador.[2] He studied law at the University of Salamanca, University of Barcelona, and University of Madrid.[1][3] In 1958 he started academic work in the University of El Salvador.[1] He was also secretary of the Institute of Hispanic Culture.[3]
Mayorga was an official of the Consulate General of El Salvador in Barcelona from 1949 to 1952, and a member of the diplomatic staff in Madrid from 1952 to 1956.[3] He was appointed as the secretary general of the Presidency of El Salvador in 1967. In 1970 he was elected as the first designate to the presidency.[3] In the presidential elections of 1972, Mayorga was elected Vice President of El Salvador for the term 1972 to 1977[1] as the running mate of Arturo Armando Molina. In addition to vice presidential position, he was Minister of the Presidency.[3]
He died in April 1987 after a heart attack.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 "El Diario de Hoy" (PDF). Sistema Bibliotecario de la UTEC. 20 April 1987.
- ↑ "Períodos presidenciales y constituciones federales y políticas de El Salvador" (in Spanish). Ministerio de Educación, Dirección de Publicaciones. 1980.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Martínez Peñate, Óscar; Sánchez, María Elena (2000). El Salvador, diccionario: personajes, hechos históricos, geografía e instituciones (2. ed.). San Salvador, El Salvador, C.A.: Editorial Nuevo Enfoque. ISBN 99923-800-4-7.
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