Tomás Martínez Explained

Tomás Martínez Guerrero
Office:	President of Nicaragua
Term Start:	15 November 1857
Term End:	1 March 1867
Predecessor:	Government Junta
Successor:	Fernando Guzmán Solórzano
Birth Date:	1820 12, df=y
Birth Place:	Nagarote, Captaincy General of Guatemala, New Spain
Death Place:	León, Nicaragua
Party:	Conservative
Occupation:	Politician, Military Scientist

Tomás Martínez Guerrero (21 December 1820 – 12 March 1873) was the President of Nicaragua between 15 November 1857 and 1 March 1867.^[1] From 24 June 1857 to 19 October or 15 November 1857, he acted jointly as the 2nd President in a dual Junta with the Liberal Máximo Jerez formed on 23 January.

He was born in Nagarote, son of Joaquín Martínez and María Guerrero Mora.^[2] He was put in power by the other Central American countries after they drove out William Walker in 1857. His main task as President was to restore order following the civil war. A member of the Conservative Party, he began a period of 35 years of conservative rule in Nicaragua.^[3]

He died in León, Nicaragua.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Gobernantes de Nicaragua. https://web.archive.org/web/20121009181920/http://www.mined.gob.ni/gobern16.php. dead. 9 October 2012. 9 December 2012. Ministerio de Educación.
2. Marco A. Cardenal Tellería Nicaragua y su historia, 1502-1936: 1502-1936 2000 "Era hijo del Señor Joaquín Martínez y la Señora María Guerrero Mora (madre) quien a su vez era hija de María Mora Herrera (abuela), hija de Rafaela Herrera Sotomayor y Udiarte (bisabuela) y del Señor Pablo Mora."
3. A Reference Guide to Latin American History - Page 117 James D. Henderson, Helen Delpar, Maurice Philip Brungardt - 2000 "Tomas Martinez became president of Nicaragua. His administration, which ended in 1867, initiated a thirty-six-year period of Conservative rule in Nicaragua."