| Fidel Antonio Novoa Meléndez | |
| Office: | 57th and 63th President of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador |
| Alongside: | Fernando López |
| Term Start: | 13 February 1903 |
| Term End: | 1904 |
| Predecessor: | Dionisio Aráuz |
| Successor: | Federico Mejía |
| Alongside2: | Fernando López |
| Term Start2: | 29 April 1912 |
| Term End2: | 1913 |
| Predecessor2: | Rafael Pinto Figueroa |
| Successor2: | Carlos Meléndez |
| Office3: | Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of ElSalvador |
| Alongside3: | Francisco García de Machón |
| Term Start3: | 23 February 1914 |
| Term End3: | 1915 |
| Office4: | Minister of Public Instruction, Finance and Public Credit of El Salvador |
| Alongside4: | Tomás Regalado Romero |
| Term Start4: | 1898 |
| Term End4: | 1900 |
| Office5: | Minister of War and the Navy of El Salvador |
| Alongside5: | Tomás Regalado Romero |
| Term Start5: | 1900 |
| Term End5: | 1901 |
| Birth Name: | Antonio Fidel Novoa Meléndez |
| Birth Date: | 24 April 1863 |
| Birth Place: | Sensuntepeque, El SAlvador |
| Death Place: | Paris, France |
| Resting Place: | Cemetery of Distinguished Citizens |
| Nationality: | Salvadoran |
| Party: | Liberal National Democratic Party |
| Relatives: | Constantino Fuentes Parra Fidel Novoa Fuentes (son, 1900-1981) Ricardo Armando Novoa Arciniegas (grandson, 1931-2017) |
| Alma Mater: | Liceo Salvadoreño and University of El Salvador |
| Occupation: | Politician, physician and surgeon. |
| Signature: | Fidel Antonio Novoa Melendez signature.png |
Fidel Antonio Novoa Meléndez (24 April 1863 – 13 November 1922) was a Salvadoran politician who was the president of the Legislative Assembly from 1903 to 1904 and again from 1912 to 1913.
In 1890, he obtained his doctorate with the thesis on The Influence of Prostitution on the Newborn.[1]
President of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador (1903 and 1912) during the administration of Pedro José Escalón and Manuel Enrique Araujo[2] and vice-president of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador (1914) during the administration of Carlos Meléndez,[3] in whose congressional seats he remained for several years, he also served as minister in the government portfolios of Public Instruction, Finance & Public Credit (Treasury Department),[4] and War & Navy (Defense Department)[5] during the administration of Tomás Regalado Romero.[6] Legislative Assembly.[7] From 29 April 1912 to 1913, Novoa Meléndez served as the president of the Legislative Assembly; political career he started in 1892 as Senator. [8]
Following a leg injury and complications due to diabetes, Melendez died in Paris on 13 November 1922.[9] [10] [11]
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