Maximiliano Hernndez Martnezfue presidente deEl Salvadordesde 1931 hasta 1944, y durante ese tiempogobern a su pas de un modo personalista y autoritario.

Maximiliano Hernndez Martnez naci en San Salvador en 1882. Fue nombrado jefe del departamento de guerra del Ministerio de Guerra y Marina en 1921, y vicepresidente en 1931, ao en el que derroc al presidente Arturo Araujo y se hizo cargo de la ms alta magistratura de la repblica y del mando del ejrcito. En 1932 enfrent con severidad una revuelta campesina en Izalco. Fue reelegido en 1935 y nuevamente en 1939. Durante su permanencia en el cargo de presidente redujo el gasto pblico, promovi las obras pblicas y protegi las explotaciones cafetaleras. Tras el estallido de la segunda guerra mundial, Maximiliano Hernndez Martnez aline a su pas del lado de los aliados. Cuando, en 1944, se dispona a ser reelegido, una revuelta popular lo oblig a abandonar el pas. Maximiliano Hernndez Martnez se exili en Honduras, donde residi hasta su muerte, ocurrida en Jamastrn en 1966.

Maximiliano Hernndez Martinez was President of El Salvador from 1931-1944, and during that time ruled his country from a personality and authoritarian manner.

Maximiliano Hernndez Martinez was born in San Salvador in 1882. He was appointed head of the War Department of the Ministry of War and Navy in 1921 and vice president in 1931, which ousted President Arturo Araujo and took charge of the highest office of the republic and the command of the army. In 1932 he faced severely a peasant revolt in Izalco. He was reelected in 1935 and again in 1939. During his tenure as president reduced public spending, public works promoted and protected the coffee farms. After the outbreak of the Second World War, Maximiliano Hernandez Martinez had chosen his country's side of the Allies. When he was about to be re-elected in 1944, a popular uprising forced him to leave the country. Maximiliano Hernndez Martinez went into exile in Honduras, where he resided until his death in Jamastrn in 1966.