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Molina Barraza, Arturo Armando (1928– )| El Salvadorean soldier and politician, member of the conservative-reformist National Conciliation Party (PCN), president 1972–77. His administration promoted agrarian reform and improvements in housing and health provision. |
| He was chosen as the candidate of the government-backed PCN for the 1972 presidential election. He won a plurality of the vote, defeating the left-wing mayor of San Salvador, José Napoleón Duarte. |
| Trained at El Salvador's Military College, Molina, a professional soldier, became a colonel and secretary under President Fidel Sánchez Hernández. |
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