Adolfo Arnoldo Majano
Adolfo Arnoldo Majano Ramos is a former Salvadoran military and political figure. He was one of the leaders of the military coup on October 15, 1979, and the chairman of the Revolutionary Government Junta of El Salvador from 1979 to 1980.
Biography
Adolfo Arnoldo Majano Ramos was born on 21 April 1938 in the Intipucá, El Salvador. He entered the Salvadoran Escuela Militar Capitán General Gerardo Barrios in 1955 and graduated in 1958 with the rank of junior lieutenant of the infantry. In 1974, he graduated from the General Staff of the Higher Military School in Mexico City. He also studied at the School of the Americas in the Panama Canal Zone, then served in the Salvadoran Army. After serving in the 1st Infantry Brigade, he was promoted to the rank of colonel.1979 coup and Revolutionary Government Junta
In 1979, Colonel Majano was involved in a military conspiracy to overthrow the regime of Carlos Humberto Romero. After the coup on 15 October 1979, Majano became one of two army representatives in the Revolutionary Government Junta of El Salvador. Majano was considered the most important person in the junta.On 13 December 1980 at a meeting of the command of the Salvadoran Army, Christian Democrat José Napoleón Duarte became President of the junta with Colonel Jaime Abdul Gutiérrez as vice president. Majano appointed to be the military attaché to Spain, however, he refused this appointment and accused the junta of supporting right-wing extremists. Majano resigned as Commander-in-Chief and Chairman of the Revolutionary Government Junta in May 1980 and was replaced with Jaime Abdul Gutiérrez. He resigned from the junta on 13 December 1980.