Alfonso Quiñónez Molina

Alfonso Quiñónez Molina
Quiñónez in 1915
52nd President of El Salvador
In office
1 March 1923  1 March 1927
Vice PresidentPío Romero Bosque
Preceded byJorge Meléndez
Succeeded byPío Romero Bosque
In office
21 December 1918  1 March 1919
Provisional President
Preceded byCarlos Meléndez
Succeeded byJorge Meléndez
In office
29 August 1914  1 March 1915
Provisional President
Preceded byCarlos Meléndez (provisional)
Succeeded byCarlos Meléndez
28th Vice President of El Salvador
In office
1 March 1919  1 March 1923
PresidentJorge Meléndez
Preceded byHimself
Succeeded byPío Romero Bosque
In office
1 March 1915  21 December 1918
PresidentCarlos Meléndez
Preceded byOnofre Durán Santillana
Succeeded byHimself
Other offices
22nd Minister of War and the Navy of El Salvador
In office
8 July 1913  29 August 1914
PresidentCarlos Meléndez (provisional)
Preceded byFrancisco Martínez Suárez
Succeeded byPío Romero Bosque
Mayor of San Salvador
In office
1912–1912
Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador from San Salvador
In office
1912–1912
Personal details
Born11 January 1874
Suchitoto, El Salvador
Died22 May 1950(1950-05-22) (aged 76)
San Salvador, El Salvador
Political partyLiberal (until 1918)
National Democratic Party (from 1918)
Spouse
Leonor Meléndez
(m. 1905)
Alma materUniversity of El Salvador
OccupationPolitician, 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.