# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gabino-gainza
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:01:11.533Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gabino-gainza"
name: "Gabino Gaínza"
slug: "gabino-gainza"
description: "Gabino Crispín Gaínza Fernández de Medrano was a Spanish military officer, knight of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta and prominent politician in Spain's American colonies. He supported and declared independence on 15 September 1821 in the Kingdom of Guatemala, becoming the first ruler or president \"jefe político superior\" of a united and independent Central America extending from Soconusco through Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica; leader of the Consultive Junta of Guatemala until its dissolution on 21 February 1822. During the Latin American wars of independence, he initially fought on the royalist side in Chile, becoming Royal Governor of Chile. He then became the last Captain General in the Kingdom of Guatemala on behalf of the King of Spain. After independence and the annexation to Mexico, he became the 1st Captain General of Central America on behalf of the Emperor of Mexico."
tagline: "Spanish general and politician (1754-1829). Last Captain General of Guatemala before of central america independence and president of the Junta Provisional Consultiva after of the independence"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gabino_Ga%C3%ADnza.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Spain"
  isoCode: "ES"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1754-10-20"
deathDate: "1829"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.39
  momentum:             2.886443880079286
  historical:           6.175885333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabino_Ga%C3%ADnza"
    title: "Gabino Gaínza"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%88_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B2%D8%A7"
    title: "جابينو جاينزا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabino_Ga%C3%ADnza"
    title: "Gabino Gaínza"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabino_Ga%C3%ADnza"
    title: "Gabino Gaínza"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabino_Ga%C3%ADnza"
    title: "Gabino Gaínza"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabino_Gaintza"
    title: "Gabino Gaintza"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabino_Ga%C3%ADnza"
    title: "Gabino Gaínza"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q344704"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump