Manuel Adriano Vilanova

{{Short description|Salvadoran physician and politician}}

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| name = Manuel Adriano Vilanova Córdova

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| office = Vice President of El Salvador

| term_start = 1 March 1945

| term_end = 14 December 1948

| president = Salvador Castaneda Castro

| predecessor = Maximiliano Hernández Martínez

| successor = José María Peralta Salazar

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| birth_date = 18 August 1873

| birth_place = San Miguel, El Salvador

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| party = Unification Social Democratic Party

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Dr. Manuel Adriano Vilanova Córdova was a Salvadoran physician and politician who served as Vice President of El Salvador during the presidency of general Salvador Castaneda Castro.

Vilanova was born on 18 August 1873 in San Miguel. He was educated at University of El Salvador and graduated as doctor of medicine in 1906. He was a pediatrician.{{cite web |last1=Meyer |first1=Carlos Infante |title=Historia de la medicina en El Salvador |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M2ceAQAAIAAJ |publisher=Ancalmo Internacional |language=es |date=2000}} He worked as professor at the Universidad Nacional. Vilanova was the co-founder of Sanatorio de Tuberculosis Nacional.{{cite web |title=Biographical Encyclopedia of the World |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y8U8AQAAIAAJ |publisher=Institute for Research in Biography. |language=en |date=1948}} He was a public health director.

Vilanova was elected alongside general Salvador Castaneda Castro in the elections of February 1945.{{cite web |last1=Prendes |first1=Julio Adolfo Rey |title=De la dictadura militar a la democracia, 1931-1994: memorias de un político salvadoreño |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pvoiAQAAIAAJ |publisher=J.A. Rey Prendes |language=es |date=2008}} He served as Vice President of El Salvador from 1 March 1945 to 14 December 1948.{{cite web |last1=Leistenschneider |first1=María |title=Gobernantes de El Salvador: biografías |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ENoWAAAAYAAJ |publisher=Publicaciones del Ministerio del Interior |language=es |date=1980}} In addition to vice presidency, Vilanova was the director general of the ministry of health,{{cite web |title=Newsletter. v. 93-117 1946-47. |url=https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.$c117175 |website=HathiTrust |hdl=2027/uc1.$c117175 |language=en}} and also the mayor of San Salvador from 1947 to 1948. He was overthrown in a coup alongside Castaneda Castro.