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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. [1]
José Napoleon Duarte (born November 23, 1925, San Salvador, El Salvador—died February 23, 1990, San Salvador) was the president of El Salvador (1984–89) who unsuccessfully tried to reduce poverty and halt the prolonged civil war in his country.
José Napoleón Duarte Fuentes (San Salvador, 23 de noviembre de 1925 - 23 de febrero de 1990) fue un político salvadoreño y Presidente de la República del 1 de junio de 1984 al 1 de junio de 1989. 1 Con el apoyo de la Administración Reagan y la Agencia Central de Inteligencia, su tiempo en el cargo se produjo durante los peores años de la Guerr...
Jose Napoleon Duarte, who became El Salvador’s first democratically elected president in half a century but who was not able to end the civil war that still afflicts this tiny Central...
Jose Napoleon Duarte, the former President of El Salvador who oversaw a shaky experiment in centrist civilian government after nearly a century of military rule, died yesterday at his home in...
On May 6, 1984, following a bitter and violent campaign, Duarte defeated d'Aubuisson in a runoff election to become El Salvador's first elected civilian president in 53 years. Once again the left had boycotted the vote, charging that there could be no true democracy without peace and social change.
Pledging an end to the civil war and the beginning of an era of stability, Duarte became El Salvador’s first freely elected civilian President in half a century. It was a particularly...
The U.S. proclaimed Duarte’s victory proof of El Salvador’s progress toward democracy, but the new President cautioned against great expectations.
José Napoleón Duarte Fuentes (November 23, 1925–February 23, 1990) was president of El Salvador from 1984 to 1989. Duarte received a degree in engineering from the University of Notre Dame in 1948 and worked as a civil engineer in El Salvador before entering politics.
Duarte, José Napoleón dwärˈtā [key], 1925–90, president of El Salvador (1980–82, 1984–89). A Christian Democrat, he was mayor of San Salvador (1964–70). In 1972, Duarte was elected president, but was exiled by the army.