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Meléndez
Meléndez is a common surname in the Spanish language. The variant is Melendez. It may refer to: * Adolfo Meléndez (1884–1968), Spanish military scientist * Carlos Meléndez (other), multiple people * Gerardo Meléndez, Puerto Rico-born scientist * Juan Meléndez Valdés (1754–1817), Spanish poet * Jorge Meléndez (1871–1953), 26th President of El Salvador * José Meléndez, multiple people * María Meléndez (born 1951), Puerto Rican politician * Rodrigo Meléndez Rodrigo David Meléndez Araya (born 3 October 1977) is a Chilean former professional footballer and current manager of Deportes Linares. He played as a defensive midfielder in his years active. During his football career, he has won seven Chil ... (born 1977), Chilean football player See also * Melendez {{surname Spanish-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Meléndez Valdés
Juan Meléndez Valdés (11 March 1754 – 24 May 1817) was a Spanish neoclassical poet. Biography He was born at Ribera del Fresno, in what is now the province of Badajoz. Destined by his parents for the priesthood, he graduated in law at Salamanca, where he became indoctrinated with the ideas of the French philosophical school. In 1780 with ''Batilo'', a pastoral in the manner of Garcilaso de la Vega, he won a prize offered by the Spanish academy; next year he was introduced to Jovellanos, through whose influence he was appointed to a professorship at Salamanca in 1783. The pastoral scenes in ''Las Bodas de Camacho'' (1784) do not compensate for its undramatic nature, but it gained a prize from the municipality of Madrid. A volume of verses, lyrical and pastoral, published in 1785, caused Meléndez Valdés to be hailed as the first Spanish poet of his time. This success induced him to resign his chair at Salamanca, and try his fortune in politics. Once wore the friendship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jorge Meléndez
Jorge Meléndez Ramírez (15 April 1871 – 22 November 1953) was a Salvadoran politician who served as president of El Salvador from 1919 to 1923. He was born to Rafael Meléndez and Mercedes Ramírez (daughter of Norberto Ramírez Norberto Ramírez Áreas (15 April 1802, León, Nicaragua – 11 July 1856, León, Nicaragua) was a Nicaraguan lawyer and politician who served as acting Supreme Chief of El Salvador (20 September 1840 – 7 January 1841), still technically a p ...). Married to Tula Mazzini, he had three children: Jorge (who died in his youth), María de los Angeles, and Ricardo. He was the younger brother of President Carlos Meléndez. Meléndez's presidency was a part of the broader Meléndez–Quiñónez dynasty that ruled El Salvador from 1913 to 1927. References Citations Bibliography * External links * 20th-century presidents of El Salvador 1871 births 1953 deaths People from San Salvador 20th-century Salvadoran politicians ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
María Meléndez
María Eloisa Meléndez Altieri (born December 26, 1951) also known as Mayita, is a Puerto Rican politician who served as the mayor of the city of Ponce, Puerto Rico, from 2009 to 2021. Meléndez Altieri was elected during the Puerto Rican general elections of 2008, becoming the first woman elected to the office in Ponce's political history. She was also the first mayor of a party other than the Popular Democratic Party in Ponce since 1989, when Rafael Cordero Santiago became mayor. This is Mayita's second candidacy in politics on the island and her first electoral win. In the Puerto Rico's 2004 general election, Mayita presented her candidacy for a senatorial seat representing Puerto Rico's 5th district, but lost in her bid for the position. Meléndez Altieri lost her bid for reelection in the 2020 general elections to Luis Irizarry Pabon from the Popular Democratic Party. Biography Meléndez Altieri was born in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. She was the daughter of Eloísa Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Meléndez (other)
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José Meléndez may refer to: * José Meléndez (pitcher, born 1908) (1908–1985), Nicaraguan baseball player * José Meléndez (pitcher, born 1965), Puerto Rican baseball player * José Meléndez (sprinter) (born 1993), Venezuelan athlete * Bill Melendez (born José Meléndez, 1916–2008), American animator * José Meléndez-Pérez, American customs official See also *Meléndez *Melendez *José Menéndez José Menéndez Menéndez (1846–1918) was a Spanish businessman based in Argentina and Chilean Patagonia. He was the initiator of many large companies that remain to this day. Twenty-first century scholarship has uncovered the history of Men� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Meléndez (other)
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Carlos Meléndez may refer to: *Carlos Meléndez (politician) (1861–1919), president of El Salvador *Carlos Antonio Meléndez (born 1958), Salvadoran football goalkeeper and manager *Carlos Meléndez (singer) (born 1965), Puerto Rican former member of Menudo *Carlos Meléndez (footballer, born 1957), Spanish football goalkeeper *Carlos Meléndez (footballer, born 1997), Honduran football defender *Carlos Meléndez (athlete), see 2002 European Athletics Indoor Championships The 2002 European Athletics Indoor Championships were held from Friday, 1 March to Sunday, 3 March 2002 in Vienna, the capital city of Austria. This was the last edition to be held in an even year to avoid it occurring in the same year as the outdo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rodrigo Meléndez
Rodrigo David Meléndez Araya (born 3 October 1977) is a Chilean former professional footballer and current manager of Deportes Linares. He played as a defensive midfielder in his years active. During his football career, he has won seven Chilean league titles with Colo-Colo and Cobreloa. International career He has represented Chile at Copa América in 2004 and 2007. International goals Managerial career In June 2023, he signed with Iberia in the Segunda División Profesional de Chile. Personal life His son, Javier, is a professional footballer from the Colo-Colo youth ranks who made his professional debut playing for Cobreloa in 2021. Honours Player Cobreloa * Primera División: 2003 Clausura Colo-Colo * Primera División (6): 2006-A, 2006-C, 2007-A, 2007-C, 2008-C, 2009-C * Copa Sudamericana: Runner-up 2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melendez
Melendez is the American spelling of the Spanish-Asturleonese surname Meléndez (var. Menéndez), common in the United States Puerto Rican community. Melendez is also the surname of Filipinos and Filipino-Americans, given that Philippines was once a Spanish Commonwealth and later a US Commonwealth. The name means "son of Melendo" or "son of Menendo", it is related to the Visigothic name Hermenegild. It may refer to: * Andre Melendez, nicknamed "Angel", a Club Kid and purported drug dealer murdered by Michael Alig and Robert D. "Freeze" Riggs * Benjamin Melendez, American gang member * Bill Melendez, Mexican-born American animator * Fausto Melendez, Filipino-American Chicago, IL postal worker who came up with the idea of the US postal ZIP Code. * Gilbert Melendez, American MMA fighter * Jack Melendez, Puerto Rican sportscaster * John Melendez, American writer and radio personality * Juan Melendez, American prison rights activist * Lisette Melendez, American pop singer * Mervyl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adolfo Meléndez
Adolfo Meléndez (2 June 1884 – 4 June 1968) was a Spanish military scientist who founded Real Madrid Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (), commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional Football club (association football), football club based in Madrid. The club competes in La Liga, th ... and then went on to become its president. Real Madrid C.F. Retrieved 12 February 2010. He served two terms as Real Madrid president. His first spell was between 1908 and July 1916, and his second spell was between 4 August 1936 and 27 November 1940. References 1884 births[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerardo Meléndez
Gerardo J. Meléndez is a San Juan, Puerto Rico-born scientist who served as Director of the Armaments Research Development Engineering Center ( ARDEC) headquartered at Picatinny Arsenal in New Jersey from 2010 until his Civil Service retirement in May 2014. During his civilian career with the U.S. Army, which began in 1983 as an electronics engineer for the U.S. Army Communications and Electronics Command in New Jersey, Meléndez was a strong advocate of incorporating commercial technological advances in military applications, including equipment based on consumer products generated by companies such as Apple Inc. and Microsoft. He also served as chief of the Automatic Target Recognition Team for the Product Manager Tactical Endurance Synthetic Aperture Radar, as well as chief of the Intelligence and Information Warfare Directorate’s Battle Space Identification Branch. in 2014 he retired after 31 years of Army civilian in ceremony at Picatinny Arsenal. He is a graduate of Tu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surname
In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several given names and surnames are possible in the full name. In modern times most surnames are hereditary, although in most countries a person has a right to name change, change their name. Depending on culture, the surname may be placed either at the start of a person's name, or at the end. The number of surnames given to an individual also varies: in most cases it is just one, but in Portuguese-speaking countries and many Spanish-speaking countries, two surnames (one inherited from the mother and another from the father) are used for legal purposes. Depending on culture, not all members of a family unit are required to have identical surnames. In some countries, surnames are modified depending on gender and family membership status of a person. C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spanish Language
Spanish () or Castilian () is a Romance languages, Romance language of the Indo-European languages, Indo-European language family that evolved from the Vulgar Latin spoken on the Iberian Peninsula of Europe. Today, it is a world language, global language with 483 million native speakers, mainly in the Americas and Spain, and about 558 million speakers total, including second-language speakers. Spanish is the official language of List of countries where Spanish is an official language, 20 countries, as well as one of the Official languages of the United Nations, six official languages of the United Nations. Spanish is the world's list of languages by number of native speakers, second-most spoken native language after Mandarin Chinese; the world's list of languages by total number of speakers, fourth-most spoken language overall after English language, English, Mandarin Chinese, and Hindustani language, Hindustani (Hindi-Urdu); and the world's most widely spoken Romance language ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
