Alberto Gómez Zárate

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Gómez and the second or maternal family name is Zárate.

Doctor Alberto Gómez Zárate
24th Minister of War, the Navy, and Aviation
In office 1 March 1927 – 19 May 1930
President	Pío Romero Bosque
Preceded by	Pío Romero Bosque
Succeeded by	Pío Romero Bosque Molina
5th Attorney General of El Salvador
In office May 1945 – 14 December 1948
President	Salvador Castaneda Castro
Preceded by	Manuel Humberto Rivera
Succeeded by	Julio Eduardo Jiménez Castillo
Personal details
Nationality	Salvadoran
Political party	National Democratic Party Zaratista Party (1931)
Occupation	Politician

Alberto Gómez Zárate was a Salvadoran politician who served as Minister of War, the Navy, and Aviation under President Pío Romero Bosque from 1927 to 1930.^[1] He was also a candidate for president in the 1931 general election. Zárate's candidacy had the support of the military, but he eventually lost the election to Arturo Araujo.^[2]

From 1910 to 1912, he served as a substitute deputy of the Legislative Assembly from the San Salvador Department.^[3] He served as the attorney general from May 1945 to December 1948.^[4]

References

Citations

1. "Exministros de Defense" [Ex-Ministers of Defense]. Armed Forces of El Salvador (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 4 March 2021. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
2. Grieb 1971, pp. 152–153.
3. Legislative Assembly 2006, p. 46.
4. "Procuraduría General de la República, República de El Salvador en la América Central" [Attorney General of the Republic, Republic of El Salvador in Central America]. Office of the Attorney General. 21 December 2010. Archived from the original on 21 December 2010. Retrieved 2 July 2018.

Bibliography

• Grieb, Kenneth J. (1971). "The United States and the Rise of General Maximiliano Hernández Martínez". Journal of Latin American Studies. 3 (2): 151–172. doi:10.1017/S0022216X00001425. JSTOR 156558.
• Historia del Órgano Legislativo de la República de El Salvador 1824–2006: 1900–1936 [History of the Legislative Organ of the Republic of El Salvador 1824–2006: 1936–2006] (PDF) (in Spanish) (III ed.). Legislative Assembly of El Salvador. 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 August 2021. Retrieved 25 September 2023.

Political offices
Preceded by Pío Romero Bosque	Minister of War, the Navy, and Aviation 1927–1930	Succeeded by Pío Romero Bosque Molina
Preceded by Manuel Humberto Rivera	Attorney General of El Salvador 1945–1948	Succeeded by Julio Eduardo Jiménez Castillo