Adán Cárdenas
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Adán Cárdenas del Castillo (1836-1916) was a Nicaraguan politician and doctor. He also served as President of Nicaragua 1883-1887.[1] He was a member of the Conservative Party of Nicaragua.
Cárdenas was born in the colonial city of Granada on the shores of Lake Cocibolca in Nicaragua. He and his parent moved to Europe for some time in 1852, where he attended the National school of Genoa and received a doctorate in medicine at the University of Pisa in Tuscany, Italy. He returned to Nicaragua in 1862.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ "Adán Cárdenas", MSN Encarta. Retrieved on 2008-01-17.
- ^ "El DR. Cardenas y el Coronel Carazo", La ilustracion Espanola y Americana. Retrieved on 2008-01-17. (Spanish)
| Preceded by Joaquín Zavala |
President of Nicaragua 1883-1887 |
Succeeded by Evaristo Carazo |
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