Editing Roberto D'Aubuisson (section)

{{short description|Salvadoran politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}}
{{about-distinguish-text|a Salvadoran partisan|the American counterinsurgent [[Robert Komer|"Blowtorch Bob" Komer]]}}
{{family name hatnote|D'Aubuisson|Arrieta|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox officeholder
 | honorific_prefix = [[Major (rank)|Major]]
 | name             = Roberto D'Aubuisson
 | image            = Roberto D’Aubuisson.jpg
 | image_size       = 
 | alt              = 
 | caption          = 
 | office           = 90th [[List of presidents of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador|President of the Legislative Assembly of El{{nbsp}}Salvador]]
 | term_start       = 26 April 1982
 | term_end         = 20 December 1983
 | predecessor      = [[José Leandro Echeverría]]
 | successor        = [[María Julia Castillo Rodas]]
 | office1          = Deputy of the [[Legislative Assembly of El Salvador|Legislative Assembly of El{{nbsp}}Salvador]] from [[La Libertad Department (El Salvador)|La Libertad]]
 | term_start1      = 1 May 1988
 | term_end1        = 20 February 1992
 | office2          = Deputy of the [[Legislative Assembly of El Salvador|Legislative Assembly of El{{nbsp}}Salvador]] from [[San Salvador Department|San Salvador]]
 | term_start2      = 26 April 1982
 | term_end2        = 1 May 1988
 | birth_name       = Roberto D'Aubuisson Arrieta
 | birth_date       = 23 August 1943
 | birth_place      = [[Santa Tecla, El Salvador|Santa Tecla]], El Salvador
 | death_date       = {{Death date and age|1992|02|20|1943|08|23|df=y}}
 | death_place      = [[San Salvador]], El Salvador
 | resting_place    = 
 | party            = [[Nationalist Republican Alliance]]
 | spouse           = Yolanda Munguía (divorced)<br />Luz María Angulo (his death)
 | children         = 4
 | relatives        = [[Maribel Arrieta]] (cousin)
 | alma_mater       = [[Captain General Gerardo Barrios Military School]]<br />[[Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation|School of the Americas]]
 | occupation       = Military officer, politician
 | known_for        = Ordering the assassination of [[Óscar Romero]]
 | nickname         = Chele, Blowtorch Bob, The Major<ref name="NYT death">{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/1992/02/23/daubuisson-death-comes-to-the-executioner/df5839ff-fe39-4a51-ac3c-7f4e38e0d5f2/|title=D'Aubuisson: Death Comes to the Executioner|access-date=18 April 2021|date=23 February 1992|author=Farah, Douglas|work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>
<!--Military service-->
 | allegiance       = {{flag|El Salvador}}
 | branch           = [[Salvadoran Army]]
 | serviceyears     = 1963–1980
 | rank             = [[File:El-Salvador-Army-OF-3.svg|20px|Major]] [[Major (rank)|Major]]
 | unit             = [[National Guard (El Salvador)|National Guard]]
 | commands         = [[Death squads in El Salvador|Death squads]]
 | battles          = [[Salvadoran Civil War]]
}}

'''Roberto D'Aubuisson Arrieta''' ({{respell|dohb|wee|SOHN}};<ref name="RDA">{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/ROBERTO%20DAUBUISSON%20ARRIET%5B15816703%5D.pdf|title=Roberto D'Aubuisson Arrieta|language=en|date=5 May 1982|access-date=25 September 2023|work=[[Central Intelligence Agency]]}}</ref> 23 August 1943 – 20 February 1992) was a Salvadoran military officer, [[Neo-fascism|neo-fascist]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Pyes |first=Craig |date=1994-04-17 |title=DEATH SQUAD DEMOCRACY |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/1994/04/17/death-squad-democracy/f670de04-de21-423b-8f85-6e4fea5be5eb/ |access-date=2022-08-29 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Los Angeles Times |date=9 Jan 1987 |title=The World |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-01-09-mn-2819-story.html?_amp=true |website=L.A. Times Archive}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Archbishop Oscar Romero {{!}} Kellogg Institute For International Studies |url=https://kellogg.nd.edu/archbishop-oscar-romero#tab-1491 |access-date=2022-08-29 |website=kellogg.nd.edu}}</ref> politician, and [[Death squads in El Salvador|death squad]] leader. In 1981, he co-founded and became the first leader of the [[Far-right politics|far-right]] [[Nationalist Republican Alliance]] (ARENA) and served as [[List of presidents of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador|president]] of the [[Legislative Assembly of El Salvador|Legislative Assembly]] from 1982 to 1983.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Horvitz|first1=Leslie Alan|last2=Catherwood|first2=Christopher|title=Encyclopedia of War Crimes and Genocide|date=14 May 2014|publisher=Infobase Publishing|isbn=9781438110295|page=119|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AHpFp2nsGyUC&pg=PA119|accessdate=19 October 2016|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Ameringer|first1=Charles D.|title=Political Parties of the Americas, 1980s to 1990s: Canada, Latin America, and the West Indies|year=1992|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=9780313274183|page=293|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kD5qi3MyEHYC&pg=PA293|accessdate=19 October 2016|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=EL SALVADOR ELECTS NEW LEADER OF ASSEMBLY|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/12/25/world/el-salvador-elects-new-leader-of-assembly.html|accessdate=19 October 2016|work=The New York Times|agency=AP|date=25 December 1983}}</ref> He was a presidential candidate for [[1984 Salvadoran presidential election|1984 presidential election]], losing in the second round to [[José Napoleón Duarte]], the former president of the [[Revolutionary Government Junta of El Salvador|Revolutionary Government Junta]].<ref name="Los Angeles Times">{{cite news|title=Salvador Rightist D'Aubuisson Quits Party Post|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-10-01-mn-19174-story.html|access-date=19 October 2016|work=Los Angeles Times|agency=Associated Press|date=1 October 1985}}</ref>

After ARENA's loss in the [[1985 Salvadoran legislative election|1985 legislative elections]], D'Aubuisson stepped down in favor of [[Alfredo Cristiani]] and was designated as the party's honorary president for life.<ref name="Los Angeles Times"/> D'Aubuisson was named by the [[United Nations]]' [[Truth Commission for El Salvador]] as having ordered the assassination of [[Óscar Romero]], the archbishop of [[San Salvador]] in 1980.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Brockett|first1=Charles D.|title=Political Movements and Violence in Central America|date=21 February 2005|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=9780521600552|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a1_PgauRgLwC&pg=PA240|accessdate=19 October 2016|language=en}}</ref>