Maximiliano Hernández Martínez
October 21, 1882 – May 15, 1966
Salvadoran general who ruled El Salvador as a dictator from 1931 to 1944 and ordered the 1932 massacre of peasants known as La Matanza.
Offices held
Dec 4, 1931 – Aug 29, 1944
Preceded by
Arturo Araujo Succeeded by
Andrés Ignacio Menéndez
Arturo Araujo Succeeded by
Andrés Ignacio Menéndez
Timeline
1883
1889
1895
1901
1907
1913
1919
1925
1931
1937
1943
1949
1955
1961