{"id":"gerardo-barrios","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/gerardo-barrios","language":"en","name":"Gerardo Barrios","name_en":"Gerardo Barrios","name_ne":null,"description":"Salvadoran politician (1813-1865)","headline":"Salvadoran politician (1813-1865)","also_known_as":[],"summary":"José Gerardo Barrios Espinoza was a Salvadoran statesman and military officer who served as the 10th President of El Salvador from 1859 to 1863. A central figure in Central American Liberalism, he is revered as a national hero for his efforts to modernize Salvadoran society, secularize the state, and promote the coffee industry.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"24 September 1813","date":"1813-09-24"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q671414#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Nuevo Edén de San Juan","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q940222"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q671414#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"29 August 1865","date":"1865-08-29"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q671414#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"San Salvador","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3110"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q671414#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/Q671414#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q671414#P106"}},{"key":"party","label":"Political party","values":[{"text":"National Liberal Party","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6974097"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q671414#P102"}},{"key":"spouse","label":"Spouse","values":[{"text":"Adelaida Guzmán y Saldós","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q79171478"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q671414#P26"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"President of El Salvador (12 March 1859 – 26 October 1863)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q878151","start":"1859-03-12","end":"1863-10-26"},{"text":"Minister of Foreign Affairs of El Salvador (31 March 1858 – 12 January 1859)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q56457352","start":"1858-03-31","end":"1859-01-12"},{"text":"Deputy of El Salvador (since 1848)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q63342335","start":"1848"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q671414#P39"}},{"key":"awards","label":"Awards","values":[{"text":"Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1422957","date":"1861-05-26"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q671414#P166"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerardo_Barrios","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q671414"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Gerardo Barrios born?","a":"Gerardo Barrios was born on 24 September 1813 in Nuevo Edén de San Juan."},{"q":"What positions has Gerardo Barrios held?","a":"Positions held by Gerardo Barrios include: President of El Salvador (1859–1863); Minister of Foreign Affairs of El Salvador (1858–1859); Deputy of El Salvador (since 1848)."}],"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":"Francisco Dueñas","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/francisco-duenas"},{"name":"José María San Martín","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/jose-maria-san-martin"},{"name":"Lorenzo Zepeda","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/lorenzo-zepeda"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/gerardo-barrios-e2e504e03f.jpg","width":500,"height":638,"license":"Public domain","credit":"Unknown author Unknown author","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GBarrios.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Gerardo Barrios","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerardo_Barrios","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q671414","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q671414","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: GBarrios.jpg by Unknown author Unknown author (Public domain)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GBarrios.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 Gerardo Barrios, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: GBarrios.jpg — Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain.","cite":"\"Gerardo Barrios\". DigiNepal. Last updated 10 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/gerardo-barrios. Retrieved 10 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-10T06:52:07Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-10","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/gerardo-barrios","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/gerardo-barrios","ne":null}}