Jorge Holguín | |
Order: | 10th |
Office: | President of Colombia |
Term Start: | 11 November 1921 |
Term End: | 7 August 1922 |
Predecessor: | Marco Fidel Suárez |
Successor: | Pedro Nel Ospina |
Office3: | Minister of Foreign Affairs |
Term Start3: | 7 August 1918 |
Term End3: | 16 September 1918 |
President3: | Marco Fidel Suárez |
Predecessor3: | Pedro Antonio Molina |
Successor3: | Pedro Antonio Molina |
President4: | Miguel Antonio Caro |
Term Start4: | 1897 |
Term End4: | 1898 |
Predecessor4: | José Maria Uricoechea |
Successor4: | Antonio Gómez Restrepo |
Office5: | Minister of Finance |
President5: | Rafael Reyes |
Term Start5: | 11 March 1909 |
Term End5: | 22 March 1909 |
Predecessor5: | Camilo Torres Eliceche |
Successor5: | Nemesio Camacho |
President6: | Rafael Reyes |
Term Start6: | 7 August 1904 |
Term End6: | 15 December 1904 |
Predecessor6: | Carlos Arturo Torres |
Successor6: | Pedro Antonio Molina |
Office7: | Minister of War |
President7: | Rafael Reyes |
Term Start7: | 22 March 1909 |
Term End7: | 7 June 1909 |
Predecessor7: | Eduardo Briceño |
Successor7: | Diego Euclides de Angulo |
Birth Date: | 1848 10, df=y |
Birth Place: | Cali, Cauca Valley, Republic of New Granada |
Death Place: | Bogotá, Cundinamarca, Colombia |
Birthname: | Jorge Marcelo Holguín Mallarino |
Nationality: | Colombian |
Party: | Conservative |
Children: | 11 |
Relations: | Manuel María Mallarino (uncle) Carlos Holguín Mallarino (brother) Julio Arboleda Pombo (father-in-law) |
Occupation: | Businessman, soldier, journalist, writer, and politician |
Allegiance: | Colombia (Conservative Party) |
Jorge Marcelo Holguín Mallarino (30 October 1848 – 2 March 1928) was a Colombian politician and military officer, two time Acting President of Colombia: June–August 1909 as interim president, and from November 1921 to August 1922. He also served a term as Minister of Foreign Affairs in which he signed the Holguín-Avebury treaty.[1]
He was born 1848 10, df=y in Cali, Valle del Cauca Department, Republic of New Granada. His brother was Carlos Holguín Mallarino. He became a businessman, soldier, journalist, writer, and politician. He served in both the Colombian Civil War of 1876 and the Colombian Civil War of 1895.
He was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1897 until 1898, and again from 7 August 1918 – 16 September 1918. He was Minister of Finance from 7 August 1904 – 15 December 1904, and 11 March 1909 – 22 March 1909. He was Minister of War from 22 March 1909 – 7 June 1909 and President of Colombia from 11 November 1921 – 7 August 1922. He died in 1928 in Bogotá, Cundinamarca, Colombia.
He was Roman Catholic . His wife Cecilia Arboleda Mosquera was mother of his 12 children. He is related to María Ángela Holguín.