Colonial Intendant of San Salvador

Colonial Intendant of San Salvador
Intendente colonial de San Salvador
Pedro Barriere, the office's final holder.
Status	Abolished
Reports to	King of Spain
Formation	1786
First holder	José Ortiz de la Peña
Final holder	Pedro Barriere
Abolished	21 September 1821

The Colonial Intendant of San Salvador (Spanish: Intendente colonial de San Salvador) was a political position created in 1786 to govern the Intendancy of San Salvador, modern-day El Salvador, that was a part of the Captaincy General of Guatemala, which itself was a part of the Viceroyalty of New Spain, a Spanish colony. The position was abolished on 21 September 1821 with the independence of Central America.^[1]