José Bernardo Escobar

His Excellency José Bernardo Escobar

3rd President of Guatemala
In office 28 November 1848 – 1 January 1849
Preceded by	Juan Antonio Martínez
Succeeded by	Mariano Paredes
Personal details
Born	(1797-10-20)20 October 1797 Guatemala
Died	20 March 1849(1849-03-20) (aged 51) El Salvador
Nationality	Guatemalan
Political party	Conservative party

José Bernardo Escobar (20 October 1797 - 20 March 1849) was interim President of Guatemala from 28 November 1848 to 1 January 1849. Escobar assumed duties when Juan Antonio Martínez was unable to maintain peace and resigned. Escobar took office only to meet instant opposition from both the Moderate party and the aristocrats and clergy.^[1]

References

↑ Holleran, Mary. 1949. Church and state in Guatemala. New York: Columbia University Press.

Political offices
Preceded by Juan Antonio Martínez (Interim)	President of Guatemala 1848-1849 (Interim)	Succeeded by Mariano Peredes (Interim)

Heads of state of Guatemala

Federal Republic of Central America (1823–1839); Supreme Chiefs of State	direct central rule, 1823–24 Díaz* Barrundia direct central rule, 1826–27 J. Estrada* de Aycinena Zenteno* Barrundia Molina Márquez* Gálvez Valenzuela* Rivera* Salazar* Rivera*

Republic of Guatemala (since 1839); Presidents	Rivera López Requena* Rivera Carrera Martínez* Escobar* Paredes* Carrera Aycinena* Cerna García Granados Barrios Sinibaldi* Barillas Reina M. Estrada† Herrera Orellana Chacón Reina* Ubico† Ponce Vaides* † Junta (Arana†, Árbenz†, Toriello) Arévalo Árbenz Díaz* Monzón† Castillo† González López* Mendoza† Flores* Ydígoras† Peralta† Méndez Arana† Laugerud† Lucas† Ríos Montt† Mejía Victores† Cerezo Serrano Elías Espina* de León Arzú Portillo Berger Colom Pérez Molina Maldonado* Morales

* interim; † military

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