The Revolutionary Junta (JRG) ruled El Salvador between October 15, 1979 and May 2 1982. It contained 2 colonels, Adolfo Arnaldo Majano Ramo and Jaime Abdul Gutiérrez Avendaño , and 3 civilians, Guillermo Ungo, Mario Antonio Andino and Román Mayorga Quirós . The JRG ousted It apparently had the discrete support of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). They were inspired by left-wing politics, and wanted to project a moderate image of government so they initiated a program of agricultural and land reform, nationalization of the banks, and the marketing of coffee and sugar but in an effort. At the same time, however, the junta allowed members of the "death squads", paramilitary groups with close ties to the military, to carry out a campaign of terror against political dissidents.as well as promising to end the human rights abuses of the previous government. In spite of this Amnesty International reported 100 deaths after the first week. Internal contradictions soon became apparent, with the soldiers Majano representing a progressive view and Gutiérez representing a more conservative viewpoint. On January 5 1980 the 3 civilians resigned, and were replaced by José Antonio Morales Ehrlich and Héctor Miguel Dada Hirezi . When Dada Hirezi resigned in protest at the violence of the Junta on March 3 José Napoleón Duarte took his place. On December 7 Majano was expelled from the junta, and on December 22 Duarte became head of the Junta, and also the head of state. Gutiérrez was Vice-President, and considered to be the strong man of the regime. On January 10, 1981 the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) launched a generalized attack on the government which resulted in the regime receiving immediate military aid from the United States of America, including military advisors. On March 26, 1982 elections to the National Congress were held. Then the new Congress chose Álvaro Alfredo Magaña Borja to become the new President of El Salvador which resulted in the end of the Junta on May 2.

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• Recent newspaper article in Spanish
• Biography of Duarte in Spanish