Colonel Arturo Armando Molina (born August 6, 1927 in San Salvador

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) is a former President

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 of El Salvador

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. He served between July 1, 1972 and July 1, 1977. Molina was a member of the National Conciliation Party

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In 1975, Molina began the first land reform

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 ever in pre-1980 Salvadoran history.:-------- He was openly opposed to both left-wing and right-wing agitators. In 1977 he ran for Minister of Defense.

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