Background
CÓRDOVA, Enrique was born on March 2, 1881 in Usulután. Son of Vicente Cordova and Carmen Parada de Cordova.
CÓRDOVA, Enrique was born on March 2, 1881 in Usulután. Son of Vicente Cordova and Carmen Parada de Cordova.
Educated Liceo San Luis de Santa Tecla, Institute Nacional. Juris Doctor, University de El Salvador, 1904.
Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs, 1906. Private secretary to President José Madriz in Nicaragua, 1910. Minister Plenipotentiary to Mexico, 1911-1915.
Minister of War, 1915-1919. Deputy to the Central American Constituent Congress of Tegucigalpa, 1921. Attorney of the Agricultural Commercial Bank since 1927.
Dean of the Faculty of Jurisprudence and professor of the penal code in the same, 1928. Rector of the University of San Salvador, 1931. Candidate of the National Evolutionary Party for the presidency of the Republic, 1930.
Member of the Council of Economic Consultants of the Ministry of Finance, 1931. Attorney of the Salvador Railways Company, Ltd., 1931-1933, and of other private companies, including the Grace Line (Panamá Steamship Company).
Ateneo of El Salvador. Club Internacional Salvadoreño. Casino Salvadoreño.
Married Lucila Lemus. Children: José Enrique, Ana Lucila, Vicente Alfredo, Carmencita, and Rafael Edgardo.