Revolutionary Council of Government (El Salvador)

Date formed14 December 1948

Date dissolved14 September 1950

No. of ministers5

Revolutionary Council of Government
Military junta of El Salvador
Members of the Revolutionary Council of Government
Date formed	14 December 1948
Date dissolved	14 September 1950
People and organisations
No. of ministers	5
Member party	Armed Forces of El Salvador

The Revolutionary Council of Government (Spanish: Consejo de Gobierno Revolucionario, abbreviated CGR) was a military junta that ruled El Salvador between 1948 and 1950. The junta consisted of three military officers and two civilians.

Salvadoran president Brigadier General Maximiliano Hernández Martínez resigned and fled El Salvador in May 1944 following the Strike fo Fallen Arms. His successor, Brigadier General Andrés Ignacio Menéndez, was overthrown by the military in October 1944 and Colonel Osmín Aguirre y Salinas scheduled a presidential election for January 1945. Aguirre rigged the election in favor of General Salvador Castaneda Castro. During Castaneda's presidency, he worried that reformist junior military officers would threaten his rule and sent them to foreign training to keep them out of the country.^[1]

Ahead of the 1949 presidential election, the Legislative Assembly issued a decree on 13 December 1948 to allow Castaneda to seek re-election in 1949 as the country's constitution prohibited re-election. The following day, the junior officers overthrew Castaneda in a coup d'état known as the Majors' Coup. They viewed Castaneda's continuismo as the military's "old guard" ("vieja guardia") attempting to stay in power, effectively threatening their reformist objectives. The coup leaders established the Revolutionary Council of Government (CGR), a military junta, to govern El Salvador. The CGR consisted of Lieutenant Colonel Manuel de Jesús Córdova, Major Óscar Osorio, Major Óscar Adán Bolaños [es], Doctor Humberto Costa, and Doctor Reynaldo Galindo Pohl. Major Humberto Villalta, a prominent reformer, was excluded from the junta as he was viewed as being too radical.^[2]

v t e Heads of state of El Salvador
List of heads of state of El Salvador
Post-independence (1821–1823)	Barriere Delgado Filísola Codallos Consultive Junta^‡ Prado^†
Federal Republic of Central America (1823–1841)	J. Rodríguez Prado J. V. Villacorta Prado Cornejo J. D. Villacorta^† Cornejo Morazán^† J. San Martín Prado J. San Martín C. Salazar^† G. Salazar^† Escolán^† Silva Espinoza F. Gómez Vigil T. Menéndez Vigil T. Menéndez Cañas^† Morazán Silva^† Cañas^† Ramírez^† Lindo^†
Republic of El Salvador (1841–1931)	Lindo^† Arce^† Marín^† J. J. Guzmán D. Villacorta^† Marín^† J. J. Guzmán Arce^† Palacios^† Malespín Palacios^† J. E. Guzmán Palacios^† Aguilar Palacios^† Aguilar Medina^† Quirós^† Vasconcelos R. Rodríguez^† Vasconcelos Dueñas^† Quirós^† Dueñas J. M. San Martín^† Dueñas V. Gómez^† J. M. San Martín J. Hernández^† J. M. San Martín Dueñas^† Campo Dueñas^† Campo Zepeda^† Santín Barrios^† Santín J. E. Guzmán^† Peralta^† Barrios Dueñas González Méndez^† González del Valle Zaldívar Guirola^† Zaldívar Figueroa^† Rosales^† F. Menéndez C. Ezeta A. Ezeta^† Gutiérrez Regalado Escalón Figueroa M. Araujo C. Meléndez^† Quiñónez^† C. Meléndez Quiñónez^† J. Meléndez Quiñónez P. Romero A. Araujo
Military presidents (1931–1979)	Civic Directory^‡ Hernández Martínez^† A. Menéndez^† Hernández Martínez A. Menéndez^† Aguirre^† Castaneda Revolutionary Council of Government^‡ Osorio Lemus Junta of Government^‡ Civic-Military Directory^‡ Cordón^† Rivera F. Sánchez A. Molina C. Romero
Salvadoran Civil War (1979–1992)	Revolutionary Government Junta^‡ Magaña Duarte Cristiani
Post-Civil War (since 1992)	Cristiani Calderón Flores Saca Funes S. Sánchez Bukele C. Rodríguez^†
^† – Acting or provisional president ^‡ – Military junta

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