José Napoleón Duarte

José Napoleón Duarte
José Napoleón Duarte
	Duarte in 1987
36th President of El Salvador
	In office; 1 June 1984 – 1 June 1989
Vice President	Rodolfo Castillo
Preceded by	Álvaro Magaña
Succeeded by	Alfredo Cristiani
President of the Revolutionary Government Junta
	In office; 13 December 1980 – 2 May 1982
Vice President	Jaime Abdul Gutiérrez
Preceded by	Position established; (Jaime Abdul Gutiérrez as chairman)
Succeeded by	Position abolished ; (Álvaro Magaña as president of El Salvador)
Minister of Foreign Affairs
	In office; 3 March 1980 – 1982
Preceded by	Héctor Miguel Hirezi
Succeeded by	Fidel Chávez Mena
Mayor of San Salvador
	In office; March 1964 – 1970
Preceded by	Fidel Antonio Novoa Arciniegas
Succeeded by	Carlos Rebollo
Personal details
Born	José Napoléon Duarte Fuentes; 23 November 1925; Santa Ana, El Salvador
Died	23 February 1990 (aged 64); San Salvador, El Salvador
Cause of death	Stomach cancer
Resting place	Cementerio Jardines del Recuerdo; San Salvador, El Salvador
Political party	Christian Democratic Party
Spouse	Inés Durán de Duarte (died 2011)
Education	Liceo Salvadoreño
Alma mater	University of Notre Dame (BS); University of El Salvador;
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José Napoleón Duarte Fuentes (23 November 1925 – 23 February 1990) was a Salvadoran politician who served as President of El Salvador from 1 June 1984 to 1 June 1989. He was mayor of San Salvador before running for president in 1972. He lost, but the election is widely viewed as fraudulent. Following a coup d'état in 1979, Duarte led the subsequent civil-military Junta from 1980 to 1982. He was then elected president in 1984, defeating ARENA party leader Roberto D'Aubuisson.

Supported by the Reagan Administration and the Central Intelligence Agency, his time in office occurred during the worst years of the Salvadoran Civil War which saw numerous abuses and massacres of the civilian population by the Salvadoran security forces and the death squads linked to them.

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