Rafael Campo

Rafael Juan Campo y Pomar (24 October 1813 – 1 March 1890) was a Salvadoran politician, businessman, and journalist who served as President of El Salvador from 1856 to 1858. He also served as the president of the Constituent Assembly in 1871.

Campo spent his early political career in Sonsonate and as a member of the National Assembly. He won the 1856 presidential election and assumed the presidency on 12 February 1856. He briefly left office between 12 May to 19 July, during which, Vice President Francisco Dueñas served as acting president. Campo was president during the Filibuster War and sent soldiers to help Nicaragua defeat William Walker. His government survived multiple coups led by liberal General Gerardo Barrios and negotiated a settlement to put Barrios fourth in the presidential line of succession for the 1858–1860 presidential term. Campo left office on 1 February 1858 and was succeeded by General Miguel Santín del Castillo.

After Campo's presidency, he was exiled from El Salvador several times for opposing the presidencies of Barrios, Dueñas, Marshal Santiago González, and Rafael Zaldívar. In exile, he founded two newspapers that were critical of Dueñas and González. He returned to Sonsonate in 1882 and he died in Acajutla in 1890. Provided by Wikipedia