Manuel Adriano Vilanova

Manuel Adriano Vilanova Córdova
Vice President of El Salvador
In office
1 March 1945 – 14 December 1948
PresidentSalvador Castaneda Castro
Preceded byMaximiliano Hernández Martínez
Succeeded byJosé María Peralta Salazar
Personal details
Born18 August 1873
San Miguel, El Salvador
Political partyUnification Social Democratic Party

Dr. Manuel Adriano Vilanova Córdova was a physician and politician from El Salvador who was Vice President of El Salvador during the presidency of general Salvador Castaneda Castro.

Vilanova was born on 18 August 1873 in San Miguel.[1] He was educated at University of El Salvador and graduated as doctor of medicine in 1906.[1] He was a pediatrician.[2] He worked as professor at the Universidad Nacional. Vilanova was the co-founder of Sanatorio de Tuberculosis Nacional.[1] He was a public health director.

Vilanova was elected alongside general Salvador Castaneda Castro in the elections of February 1945.[3] He served as Vice President of El Salvador from 1 March 1945 to 14 December 1948.[2][4] In addition to vice presidency, Vilanova was the director general of the ministry of health,[5] and also the mayor of San Salvador from 1947 to 1948. He was overthrown in a coup alongside Castaneda Castro.

  1. ^ a b c "Biographical Encyclopedia of the World". Institute for Research in Biography. 1948.
  2. ^ a b Meyer, Carlos Infante (2000). "Historia de la medicina en El Salvador" (in Spanish). Ancalmo Internacional.
  3. ^ Prendes, Julio Adolfo Rey (2008). "De la dictadura militar a la democracia, 1931-1994: memorias de un político salvadoreño" (in Spanish). J.A. Rey Prendes.
  4. ^ Leistenschneider, María (1980). "Gobernantes de El Salvador: biografías" (in Spanish). Publicaciones del Ministerio del Interior.
  5. ^ "Newsletter. v. 93-117 1946-47". HathiTrust. hdl:2027/uc1.$c117175.