Nicolás Espinoza
{{Short description|Head of state of El Salvador}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix = General
| name = Nicolás Espinoza
| image = Nicolás Espinoza.jpg
| alt = A black-and-white drawing of Nicolás Espinoza
| caption =
| order = 14th
| office = President of El Salvador{{!}}Head of State of El Salvador
| term_start = 10 April 1835
| term_end = 15 November 1835
| deputy = José María Silva
| predecessor = Joaquín Escolán y Balibrera
| successor = Francisco Gómez
| order1 = 2nd
| office1 = Vice President of El Salvador{{!}}Deputy Head of State of El Salvador
| term_start1 = 30 January 1829
| term_end1 = 3 April 1832
| governor1 = José María Cornejo
José Damián Villacorta
José María Cornejo
| predecessor1 = Mariano Prado
| successor1 = Joaquín de San Martín
| order2 = 9th
| office2 = President of the Supreme Court of Justice of El Salvador
| term_start2 = 1840
| term_end2 = 1841
| predecessor2 = Eustaquio Cuéllar
| successor2 = Anselmo Paiz
| birth_name =
| birth_date = November 1795
| birth_place = Tenancingo, San Salvador
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1845|03||1795|11|df=y}}
| death_place = Nacaome, Honduras
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| nationality =
| party = Liberal
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| occupation = Politician
| allegiance = {{flagcountry|Federal Republic of Central America}}
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Nicolás Espinoza (November 1795 – March 1845) was a Salvadoran military officer and politician who served as the head of state of El Salvador from 10 April 1835 to 15 November 1835.{{sfn|Leistenschneider|Leistenschneider|1980|p=38}} At the time, El Salvador was a constituent state of the Federal Republic of Central America.
Biography
Nicolás Espinoza was born in November 1795 in Tenancingo, then a part of New Spain.{{sfn|Leistenschneider|Leistenschneider|1980|p=39}}
The Legislative Assembly of El Salvador elected Espinoza as the state's head of state in the March 1835 election.{{cite web|url=https://library.ucsd.edu/research-and-collections/collections/notable-collections/latin-american-elections-statistics/El%20Salvador/elections-and-events-1811-1849.html|title=Elections and Events 1811–1849|access-date=31 May 2025|language=en|work=University of California, San Diego|archive-date=23 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210323211251/https://library.ucsd.edu/research-and-collections/collections/notable-collections/latin-american-elections-statistics/El%20Salvador/elections-and-events-1811-1849.html|url-status=dead}}
Espinoza served as the president of the Supreme Court of Justice of El Salvador from 1840 to 1841.{{sfn|Supreme Court of Justice of El Salvador|2024}} He died in Nacaome, Honduras in March 1845.{{sfn|Leistenschneider|Leistenschneider|1980|p=39}}
References
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= Biography =
- {{cite book|last1=Leistenschneider|first1=María|last2=Leistenschneider|first2=Freddy|date=1980|title=Gobernantes de El Salvador: Biografías|trans-title=Governors of El Salvador: Biographies|url=https://www.scribd.com/document/589275475/Gobernantes-de-El-Salvador|language=es|publisher=Ministry of the Interior|oclc=7876291|access-date=31 May 2025|name-list-style=amp}}
- {{cite web|url=https://www.csj.gob.sv/marco-historico/presidentes-del-organo-judicial/|title=Presidentes del Órgano Judicial|trans-title=Presidents of the Judicial Branch|language=es|date=2024|access-date=30 May 2025|work=Supreme Court of Justice of El Salvador|ref={{harvid|Supreme Court of Justice of El Salvador|2024}}}}
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{{s-bef|before=Mariano Prado}}
{{s-ttl|title=Deputy Head of State of El Salvador|years=1829–1832}}
{{s-aft|after=Joaquín de San Martín}}
{{s-bef|before=Joaquín Escolán y Balibrera}}
{{s-ttl|title=Head of State of El Salvador|years=1835}}
{{s-aft|after=Francisco Gómez}}
{{s-bef|before=Eustaquio Cuéllar}}
{{s-ttl|title=President of the Supreme Court of Justice of El Salvador|years=1840–1841}}
{{s-aft|after=Anselmo Paiz}}
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Category:Finance ministers of El Salvador
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