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Hernández Martínez, Maximiliano

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Hernández Martínez, Maximiliano (mäk'sēmēlyä`nō ĕrnän`dĕs märtē`nĕs), 1882–1966, president of El Salvador (1931–44). An admirer of fascist theories, he seized power during a palace revolt, then was elected president in 1935. He ruled dictatorially until he was ousted by a general strike led by students, which erupted after his bloody suppression of an army uprising. The revolt spread to Guatemala, where Jorge Ubico Ubico, Jorge , 1878–1946, president of Guatemala (1931–44). An army general, Ubico as president established financial stability and political order.
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 was similarly deposed. Hernández Martínez lived in exile in Honduras.


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