José Manuel Marroquín
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José Manuel Marroquín Ricaurte | |
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In office July 31, 1900 – August 7, 1904 |
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Preceded by | Manuel Antonio Sanclemente |
Succeeded by | Rafael Reyes |
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In office November 3, 1898 – July 31, 1900 |
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President | Manuel Antonio Sanclemente |
Preceded by | Miguel Antonio Caro |
Succeeded by | Ramón González Valencia |
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In office August 7, 1898 – November 3, 1898 |
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President | Manuel Antonio Sanclemente |
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President | Miguel Antonio Caro |
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Born | August 6, 1827 Bogotá, Capital District |
Died | September 19, 1908 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.
[edit] References
- APUNTES AUTOBIOGRÁFICOS, La Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango, el Museo del Oro, accessed October 3, 2006.