Died November 27, 1980 | ||
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Parent(s) Enrique Álvarez DrewsCarmen Córdova de Álvarez Relatives Mauricio Álvarez (cousin) Education Hackley School, Rutgers University | ||
Enrique Álvarez Córdova (March 4, 1930 – November 27, 1980) was a politician and statesman of El Salvador.
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Biography
Enrique was the son of one of El Salvador's ruling families. He was intelligent, charismatic and wealthy. His mother was surnamed Córdova.
Álvarez attended Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. During his time there he was involved in Kappa Sigma (Gamma Upsilon).
After a frustrated attempt to be a Salvadoran "New Dealer," attempting to implement agrarian reform as El Salvador's minister of agriculture and cattle raising, Álvarez dramatically changed course and joined the Democratic Revolutionary Front (Frente Democrático Revolucionário or FDR).
Death
Assassinated in 1980, Álvarez has been called "the first rich man who gave his life for the poor of El Salvador."
In November, 1980 he was kidnapped and murdered together with other directors of the FDR by "Brígada Anticomunista Maximiliano Hernández Martínez" an extreme-right wing group.