José Manuel Marroquín

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José Manuel Marroquín Ricaurte

In office
July 31, 1900 – August 7, 1904
Preceded by Manuel Antonio Sanclemente
Succeeded by Rafael Reyes

In office
November 3, 1898 – July 31, 1900
President Manuel Antonio Sanclemente
Preceded by Miguel Antonio Caro
Succeeded by Ramón González Valencia

In office
August 7, 1898 – November 3, 1898
President Manuel Antonio Sanclemente

President Miguel Antonio Caro

Born August 6, 1827
Bogotá, Capital District
Died September 19, 1908 (1908-09-19) (age 99)
Bogotá, Capital District
Nationality Colombian
Political party Conservative
Alma mater Saint Bartholomew Mayor College
Occupation Lawyer, Farmer (Planter), Educator, Writer
Religion Roman Catholic


Jose Manuel Marroquin (Bogotá, August 6, 1827 - September 19, 1908), Colombian political figure and writer.

He started studying literature and philosophy at the age of five. He went on to study jurisprudence at the College of San Bartolomé. Co-founder of Academia Colombiana de la Lengua with Miguel Antonio Caro and José María Vergara, he was first vice-president of the Republic of Colombia in 1898 and elected president thereafter by 1900 and re-elected in 1904.

Apart from his political involvement, he was a writer, having published many books and collection of poems in Spanish.

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