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Following this defeat, he retired from public life.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"6 February 1803","date":"1803-02-06"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q880821#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Sensuntepeque","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2335680"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q880821#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"8 March 1883","date":"1883-03-08"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q880821#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"San Vicente","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1094372"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q880821#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"El Salvador","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q792"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q880821#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q880821#P106"}},{"key":"spouse","label":"Spouse","values":[{"text":"Martina Mena","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q72465796"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q880821#P26"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"President of El Salvador (4 February 1850 – 1 March 1851)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q878151","start":"1850-02-04","end":"1851-03-01"},{"text":"President of El Salvador (7 February 1848 – 1 February 1850)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q878151","start":"1848-02-07","end":"1850-02-01"},{"text":"general secretary (since March 1828)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6501749","start":"1828-03"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q880821#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doroteo_Vasconcelos","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q880821"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Doroteo Vasconcelos born?","a":"Doroteo Vasconcelos was born on 6 February 1803 in Sensuntepeque."},{"q":"What positions has Doroteo Vasconcelos held?","a":"Positions held by Doroteo Vasconcelos include: President of El Salvador (1850–1851); President of El Salvador (1848–1850); general secretary (since March 1828)."}],"related":[{"name":"Francisco Morazán","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/francisco-morazan"},{"name":"Maximiliano Hernández Martínez","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/maximiliano-hernandez-martinez"},{"name":"Antonio Saca","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/antonio-saca"},{"name":"Álvaro Magaña","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/alvaro-magana"},{"name":"Arturo Armando Molina","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/arturo-armando-molina"},{"name":"Joaquín Eufrasio Guzmán","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/joaquin-eufrasio-guzman"},{"name":"David Ben-Gurion","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/david-ben-gurion"},{"name":"André Bergeron","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/andre-bergeron"},{"name":"Pierre Dartout","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pierre-dartout"},{"name":"Simon Nora","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/simon-nora"},{"name":"Karl Nehammer","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/karl-nehammer"},{"name":"Jacqueline de Romilly","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/jacqueline-de-romilly"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/doroteo-vasconcelos-45cd14c7f8.jpg","width":500,"height":644,"license":"Public domain","credit":"ANONIMO","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Doroteo_Vasconcelos_Presidente_de_El_Salvador_1880.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Doroteo Vasconcelos","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doroteo_Vasconcelos","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q880821","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q880821","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Doroteo Vasconcelos Presidente de El Salvador 1880.jpg by ANONIMO (Public domain)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Doroteo_Vasconcelos_Presidente_de_El_Salvador_1880.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Doroteo Vasconcelos, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Doroteo Vasconcelos Presidente de El Salvador 1880.jpg — ANONIMO, Public domain.","cite":"\"Doroteo Vasconcelos\". DigiNepal. Last updated 10 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/doroteo-vasconcelos. Retrieved 10 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-10T06:52:07Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-10","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/doroteo-vasconcelos","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/doroteo-vasconcelos","ne":null}}