Tomás Regalado (Salvadoran politician)
President of El Salvador from 1898 to 1903
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Early life
Tomás Herculano de Jesús Regalado Romero was born on 7 November 1861 in Santa Ana, El Salvador. He was baptized the following day. His parents were Tomás Regalado and Petrona Romero de Regalado and he had seven siblings. Regalado married Concepción González Fortis, the daughter of former Salvadoran president Marshal Santiago González, on 8 October 1894 in Nueva San Salvador. They had two children: Tomás and Marísa.
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Political career
Regalado was a member of the Santa Ana municipal council in 1886 and 1889.
Upon leaving office, Regalado remained active in the Salvadoran Army and was appointed Minister of War by his handpicked successor, General Pedro José Escalón. During a war against Guatemala in 1906 he led a Salvadoran invasion force and went into battle. Seriously wounded, he soon died on 11 July.
Regalado was the last in a series of presidents who had come to power by force during the 19th Century. His peaceful transfer of power to Escalón in 1903 allowed for a degree of political stability that persisted until the 1931 Salvadoran coup d'état.