Alfonso Quiñónez Molina
Alfonso Quiñónez Molina | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Quiñónez in 1915 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 52nd President of El Salvador | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 1 March 1923 – 1 March 1927 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vice President | Pío Romero Bosque | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Jorge Meléndez | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Pío Romero Bosque | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 21 December 1918 – 1 March 1919 Provisional President | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Carlos Meléndez | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Jorge Meléndez | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 29 August 1914 – 1 March 1915 Provisional President | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Carlos Meléndez (provisional) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Carlos Meléndez | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 28th Vice President of El Salvador | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 1 March 1919 – 1 March 1923 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| President | Jorge Meléndez | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Himself | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Pío Romero Bosque | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 1 March 1915 – 21 December 1918 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| President | Carlos Meléndez | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Onofre Durán Santillana | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Himself | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 11 January 1874 Suchitoto, El Salvador | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 22 May 1950 (aged 76) San Salvador, El Salvador | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Political party | Liberal (until 1918) National Democratic Party (from 1918) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse |
Leonor Meléndez (m. 1905) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | University of El Salvador | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Politician, physician | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Alfonso Quiñónez Molina (11 January 1874 – 22 May 1950) was a Salvadoran politician and physician who served as President of El Salvador on three occasions during the 1910s and 1920s. Between his presidencies, he also served as Vice President of El Salvador on two occasions under his brothers-in-law Carlos and Jorge Meléndez. The presidencies of Quiñónez and his brothers-in-law from 1913 to 1927 are collectively known as the Meléndez–Quiñónez dynasty.