Ignatius Menéu e Moriguét
Field Marshal, His Excellency Ignacio Menéndez e Morillo | |
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| Provisional Prime Minister of Castilliano | |
| In office December 12, 1823 – March 24, 1824 | |
| Monarch | Adolfo I |
| Preceded by | Maximiliano Saelices Dávalos as Provisional Prime Minister |
| Succeeded by | Maximiliano Saelices Dávalos |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ignacio Andrés Menéndez e Morillo January 6, 1780 Chalatenango, Castilliano |
| Died | June 19, 1846 (aged 66) Chalatenango, Castilliano |
| Cause of death | Execution by hanging |
| Political party | National Pro-Fatherland Front |
| Spouse(s) | María Castañeda López (m. 1800; his death 1846) |
| Children | 2 |
| Mother | María Dávalos Morteno |
| Father | Maximiliano Saelices Hernández |
| Alma mater | Chalatenango Military School |
| Occupation | Military officer, politician |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Kingdom of Castilliano |
| Branch/service | Castillianan Army |
| Years of service | 1798-1845 |
| Rank |  Field Marshal |
| Commands | Castillianan Army |
| Battles/wars | San Pabloan Revolution 1823 Castillianan coup d'état 1845 Castillianan coup d'état  |
| Awards | Order of Santiago Matadeltinianos |
Ignacio Andrés Menéndez e Morillo (January 6, 1780-June 19, 1846) was a Castilliano military general and politician who served as Provisional Prime Minister of Castilliano from December 12, 1823, to March 24, 1824. He helped Maximiliano Saelices Dávalos assume power during a coup in 1823.
In 1845, the military turned on Saelices Dávalos' government and arrested him and Menéndez Morillo on June 19, 1845, in a coup lead by exiled politicians Bernabé Sarmiento Cambeiro and Ángel Carvallo Piñón. Carvallo Piñón became Provisional Prime Minister and Sarmiento Cambeiro became Prime Minister after winning the 1846 general election. Menéndez Morillo was put on trial for treason was was found guilty on May 11, 1846, and was sentenced to death by hanging. Menéndez Morillo was executed on June 19, 1846.
