1890 Salvadoran coup d'état

1890 Salvadoran coup d'état
Date22 June 1890
Location
San Salvador, El Salvador
Result

Coup successful

Belligerents
Salvadoran government Salvadoran Army
Commanders and leaders
Francisco Menéndez † Carlos Ezeta
Strength
Unknown Unknown

The 1890 Salvadoran coup d'état was a military rebellion led by General Carlos Ezeta against President Francisco Menéndez, that occurred on June 22, 1890.

Background and coup d'état

See also: Menéndez's revolution

President Francisco Menéndez, politically an Idealist Liberal, gained power on June 22, 1885 after overthrowing Presidents Rafael Zaldívar and Fernando Figueroa.[1][2]

Ezeta, a pragmatic liberal and former ally of Menéndez, felt betrayed as he had been excluded from the "Junta of Notables" that Menéndez formed to select a successor. On June 22, 1890, Ezeta along with a small army he had rounded up, stormed the Presidential Palace in San Salvador during a banquet which Menéndez was present at. President Menéndez supposedly attempted to hold back Ezeta's forces with a sword in the palace gardens, though he would be found dead in the aftermath of the rebellion.[3]

Ezeta proclaimed himself Provisional President that same night, also appointing his brother, Antonio Ezeta, the commander-in-chief of the army. Antonio later became the Vice President.[4][5][6]

See also

References

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