Calixto Velado

Calixto Velado Eduardo (14 March 1855 – 16 March 1927) was a politician and writer from El Salvador who was Vice President of El Salvador during the presidency of Pedro José Escalón.

Velado was born on 14 March 1855, in Izalco, Sonsonate department. He attended secondary school in the United States and Europe. His first published poem was El cantar de la paloma, which made his writings became widely known throughout Central America, Spain, and France. He worked as a manager of the Banco Occidental.

Velado was a representative for Izalco in the Constituent Assembly of 1871. He served as the Treasurer General of the Republic (1885-1890) during economically difficult times. member of the Legislative Assembly, and a presidential designate. He was Minister of Finance and Public Credit in 1923 in the cabinet of Alfonso Quiñónez Molina.

He died on 16 March 1927.