Tomàs Regalat Esglaó
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- In this Salvadoran name, the first or paternal surname is Regalat and the second or maternal family name is Esglaó.
His Excellency Tomàs Regalat Esglaó | |
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President of Granada | |
In office 4 January 1933 – 16 July 1935 | |
Prime Minister | Serafí Mariano Aguinaldo |
Vice President | Simó Bergança Gall |
Preceded by | Jordi Sánchez Murillo (as president of El Salvador) |
Succeeded by | Carlos Castillo Armas (as president of El Salvador) |
Personal details | |
Born | Tomàs Carles Regalat i Esglaó 14 September 1902 El Mozote, El Salvador |
Died | 18 July 1935 Ciutat dels Àngels, El Salvador | (aged 32)
Cause of death | Execution by firing squad |
Nationality | Salvadoran |
Political party | Party of the Salvadoran People |
Spouse(s) | Paula Quiixada Guerrer (m. 1925; his death 1935) |
Alma mater | University of El Mozote |
Occupation | Politician, professor |
Tomàs Carles Regalat i Esglaó (14 September 1902 – 18 July 1935) was a Salvadoran politician and professor who served as the president of the State of Granada throughout its existence from 1933 until 1935. Regalat Esglaó was one of the leading figures of the 1933 coup d'état which established the State of Granada as an ally and client state of the far-left National Council for Peace and Order. He was executed two days after being deposed by the Catholic Imperial Restoration Council.