Carlos Humberto Romero

General Carlos Humberto Romero Mena (born February 29, 1924 in Chalatenango) is a former President of El Salvador, having served from 1977[1] until 1979. He was deposed with a reformist coup d'état by dissident, politically-conservative and -moderate military officers and civilians.[2] President-General Romero's rule was military dictatorship in the style of his predecessors. In the late 1970s, political unrest increased, because of El Salvador's severe socio-economic inequalities unaddressed by his government, so, leftist guerrillas began attacking military targets, and civil opponents of the régime asked the President Romero's government for reform.

The coup d'état that deposed President-General Humberto Romero was preamble to El Salvador's twelve-year civil war. Romero was a member of the National Conciliation Party.[1]

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Preceded by
Arturo Armando Molina
President of El Salvador
1977–1979
Succeeded by
Revolutionary Government Junta