Rafael Campo


President of El Salvador
In office 12 February 1856 – 1 February 1858
Vice President	Francisco Dueñas (1856)
Preceded by	Francisco Dueñas
Succeeded by	Lorenzo Zepeda

Personal details
Born	24 October 1813 Sonsonate
Died	1 March 1890 Puerto de Acajutla

Biography

Campo was born in Sonsonate, El Salvador. His parents were Pedro Campo Arpa and Juana Maria Pomar, his father being born in Torrijo del Campo (Teruel), Spain on 26 June 1772. The genealogy, plus photographs and documents of ex-president Campo's family can be seen in the book "Salvadoran Roots" by Jaime Cader, published in 2011. Photos included are those showing the military rank ("Teniente Coronel") and the Cantabria, Spain origin of the deceased father-in-law of Campo, Juan Antonio del Pomar. Also included is information concerning the rank and name of the father of Campo's mother-in-law, "Teniente Coronel" Antonio Contreras.

Career

Rafael Campo was the first cousin of the Marquis de Campo in Valencia, Spain. (See the article in Spanish in wikipedia.org about José Campo Pérez to read the references.) Campo was elected president on 30 January 1856. He turned over power to his vice president, Francisco Dueñas, on 12 May of the same year, but resumed the presidency on 19 July. He was a member of the Conservative Party.

Campo stepped down after the serious cholera epidemic of 1857 had exhausted the country. He was in office during Central America's "National War" against William Walker and his filibusters, a very difficult time for that region. The book "Apuntes Biogáficos del Honorable Ex-presidente de El Salvador -Don Rafael Campo" by Abraham Rivera (1985 edition) has a photograph of Campo with the caption saying that he is the enemy of foreign intervention in Central America.

Death

He died, aged 76, in Puerto de Acajutla on 1 March 1890.

Political offices Preceded byFrancisco Dueñas(acting) President of El Salvador 1856–1858 Succeeded byLorenzo Zepeda(acting)

References

^ casapres.gob.sv biography Archived 2009-03-02 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)

v t e Heads of state of El Salvador
Post-independence (1821–1823)	Barriere Delgado Filísola Codallos Consultive Junta^‡ Prado^†
Federal Republic of Central America (1823–1841)	J. Rodríguez Prado J. V. Villacorta Prado Cornejo J. D. Villacorta Cornejo Morazán^† J. San Martín Prado J. San Martín C. Salazar^† G. Salazar^† Escolán^† Silva Espinoza F. Gómez Vigil T. Menéndez Vigil T. Menéndez Cañas^† Morazán Silva^† Cañas^† Ramírez^† Lindo^†
Republic of El Salvador (1841–1931)	Lindo^† Arce^† Marín^† J. J. Guzmán D. Villacorta^† Marín^† J. J. Guzmán C. Molina^† Arce^† C. Molina^† Arce^† Palacios^† Malespín Palacios^† J. E. Guzmán Palacios^† Aguilar Palacios^† Aguilar Medina^† Quirós^† Vasconcelos R. Rodríguez^† Vasconcelos Dueñas^† Quirós^† Dueñas J. M. San Martín^† Dueñas V. Gómez^† J. M. San Martín Dueñas^† Campo Dueñas^† Campo Zepeda^† Santín Barrios^† Santín J. E. Guzmán^† Peralta^† Barrios Dueñas González Méndez^† González del Valle Zaldívar Guirola^† Zaldívar Figueroa^† Rosales^† F. Menéndez C. Ezeta A. Ezeta^† Gutiérrez Regalado Escalón Figueroa M. Araujo C. Meléndez^† Quiñónez^† C. Meléndez Quiñónez^† J. Meléndez Quiñónez P. Romero A. Araujo
Military presidents (1931–1979)	Civic Directory^‡ Hernández Martínez^† A. Menéndez^† Hernández Martínez A. Menéndez^† Aguirre^† Castaneda Revolutionary Council of Government^‡ Osorio Lemus Junta of Government^‡ Civic-Military Directory^‡ Cordón^† Rivera F. Sánchez A. Molina C. Romero
Salvadoran Civil War (1979–1992)	Revolutionary Government Junta^‡ Magaña Duarte Cristiani
Post-Civil War (since 1992)	Cristiani Calderón Flores Saca Funes S. Sánchez Bukele C. Rodríguez^†
^† – Acting or provisional president ^‡ – Military junta

v t e Presidents of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador
1800s	Hoyos Cornejo Mencía Rodríguez y Nuila Blanco Paiz Mencía Zelaya Pérez Aguilar Agustín Morales San Martín Bonilla Dueñas Hernández Gómez Cabañas Gallardo Quirós González Portillo Chacón Gallardo Francisco Zaldívar Gallardo Chacón Rafael Zaldívar Campo Vasconcelos Larreynaga Ayala Fallos Valle Mariano Castro López Lemus Domingo López Vides Moreno Guirola Alvarado Gómez Galindo Ruíz Aguilar Valle Rodríguez Larreynaga Ayala Pacas Pineda Vaquero Arce y Rascón Durán Santillana Castro Rodríguez Pinto Figueroa Medina Rodríguez Arriola Zelaya Fallos Interiano Romero Aráuz
1900s	Arriola Zelaya García González Aráuz Novoa Meléndez Mejía Aráuz García González Martínez Pinto Figueroa Novoa Meléndez Meléndez Ramírez García de Machón Batres Falla Cañas Parker Modesto Castro González José Antonio Rodríguez Fernando López Reyes Gálvez Olano Villacorta Rodolfo Víctor Morales Cierra Reyes Gálvez Rivas Vides Galindo Pohl Peralta Salazar Carmona Dárdano Esquivel Rodríguez Cordón Cea Guerrero Guardado Guerra Hércules Rubén Alfonso Rodríguez Echeverría D'Aubuisson Castillo Rodas Guevara Alvarenga Valdivieso Angulo Samayoa Salguero Gross Flores Pérez Duch Martínez
2000s	Zepeda Peña Araujo Zepeda Peña Orellana Zepeda Peña Reyes Morales Peña Mendoza Gallegos Navarrete Quijano González Ponce López Castro Aldana

Authority control databases
International	FAST ISNI VIAF
National	United States

Authority control databases
International	FAST ISNI VIAF
National	United States