Manuel Enrique Araujo

Manuel Enrique Araujo

Dr. Manuel Enrique Araujo (Usulután, El Salvador, October 12, 1865- San Salvador, El Salvador, February 9, 1913) was President of El Salvador 1 March 1911 - 8 February 1913. was a physician and political Salvadoran President of the Republic (1911-1913).Of maternal Portuguese blood.

Born in the town of Alegria, in the department of Usulután, El Salvador. Manuel was raised by a family of Portuguese descent landowners that cultivated coffee. Dr. Araujo studied medicine at the University of El Salvador, and after completing his doctorate in 1891 at the age of 26, he traveled to Europe to perform specialized studies of Surgery.

Dr. Araujo was later presented as official candidate in the election of November 1910 at the age of 45, with the support of outgoing president Fernando Figueroa. During his presidency his attention in government gave special notice to the Army. Many foreign military missions were hired to serve as educators to enhance the skills of enlisted soldiers and officers alike, specializing in negotiations and humantarian relief for the country. In 1912, Dr. Araujo founded the National Guard for the organization of his private security corps, a set of recruited former officers of the Spanish Civil Guard, as a rural police for the country.

In addition, "Justices of the Peace" in all the country's municipalities were in forced, to ensure the rule of law throughout the country and also established the Ministry of Agriculture to promote the cultivation of coffee. In 1911, at the beginning of Dr. Araujo's presidency, a famous celebration took place called "the centenary of the independence uprising of 1811", it was an inauguration of a monument to the heroes in the Freedom Park in San Salvador in 1811, decreeing them honored that year, as well as the current National Flag and Shield.

On February 4, 1913, during a concert in the park Bolivar of San Salvador, (now Plaza Barrios), the President of El Salvador was seriously wounded by outspoken violence (for privacy and disclosure, the matter was handled discretly by the commanding military). The president died five days later due to the wounds, and was buried at peace in one of El Salvador's famous cemeteries.

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Fernando Figueroa |width="40%" style="text-align: center;" rowspan="1"|President of El Salvador
1911–1913 |width="30%" align="center" rowspan="1"| Succeeded by
Carlos Meléndez
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Name	Araujo, Manuel Enrique
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Date of birth	1865
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Date of death	1913
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