Luis Antonio Robles Explained
| Luis Antonio Robles |
| Office: | Member of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia |
| Term Start: | 1 April 1892 |
| Term End: | 1 April 1896 |
| Constituency: | Antioquia State |
| Term Start2: | 1 March 1876 |
| Term End2: | 1 April 1876 |
| Constituency2: | Magdalena State |
| Order3: | 16th |
| Office3: | Magdalena StatePresident of the Sovereign State of Magdalena |
| Term Start3: | 1 April 1878 |
| Term End3: | 25 June 1879 |
| Predecessor3: | Manuel Davila García |
| Successor3: | José María Campo Serrano |
| Office4: | Colombian Secretary of the Treasury and Public Credit |
| Term Start4: | 1 April 1876 |
| Term End4: | 1 April 1877 |
| President4: | Aquileo Parra Gómez |
| Predecessor4: | José María Villamizar Gallardo |
| Successor4: | José María Quijano Wallis |
| Birth Name: | Luis Antonio Robles Suárez |
| Birth Date: | 24 October 1849 |
| Birth Place: | Riohacha, Riohacha, Magdalena, New Granada |
| Death Place: | Bogotá, Cundinamarca, Colombia |
| Nationality: | Colombian |
| Party: | Liberal |
| Alma Mater: | Our Lady of the Rosary University (JD) |
| Profession: | Lawyer |
Luis Antonio Robles Suárez (24 October 1849 – 22 September 1899) also known as "El Negro Robles", was a Colombian lawyer and politician. He was the first Afro-Colombian to hold a cabinet-level ministry in Colombia serving as Secretary of the Treasury and Public Credit during the administration of President Aquileo Parra Gómez, as well as being the first Afro-Colombian Congressperson as Member of the Chamber of Representatives for Magdalena, and the first Afro-Colombian Governor of a Department, as the 16th President of the Sovereign State of Magdalena.[1] He graduated a lawyer from Our Lady of the Rosary University in 1872, thus also becoming the first Afro-Colombian to ever serve as a lawyer in Colombia.[2] [3]
Career
thumb|left|Oil on canvas painting of Luis Antonio Robles by Epifanio Julián Garay y Caicedo.
Personal life
Born on 24 October 1849 in the hamlet of Camarones in the Municipality of Riohacha, then part of the Riohacha Province, in the Department of Magdalena, New Granada; his parents were Luis Antonio Robles and Manuela Súarez, both black freedpersons of moderate means.[4]
He died on 22 September 1899 of cystitis infection in his longtime residence le Maison Doré in Bogotá at the age of 49,[5] [6] not having married and with no descendants still recovering from the death of his mother earlier that year.[1] His childhood home in Camarones was designated a national monument, and his remains, which had been interred at the Central Cemetery of Bogotá,[5] were transported to be interred at his childhood home which operates as a Cultural House, Library and Training Center.[3] [7]
See also
Further reading
- Book: Amilkar David . Acosta Medina . Amilkar Acosta Median . Hans-Peter . Knudsen Quevedo . Luis Enrique . Nieto Arango . Jacobo . Pérez Escobar . Diana Carolina . Prado Mosquera . Gloria Amparo . Rodríguez . Luis A. Robles: Sombra y Luz . Luis A. Robles: Shadow and Light . November 2010 . Our Lady of the Rosary University, Faculty of Jurisprudence . Bogotá . es . 978-958-738-148-1 .
- Book: González Zubiría . Fredy . Luis Antonio Robles: El Paladín de la Democracia . Luis Antonio Robles: The Paladin of Democracy . 2007 . . Riohacha . es .
- Book: Pérez Escobar . Jacobo . El Negro Robles y Su Época . Negro Robles and His Time . 1999 . Centro para la Investigación de la Cultura Negra . Bogotá . es . 45163117.
- Book: Rodríguez Pimienta . José Manuel . El Negro Robles: Comentarios Sobre la Vida lel Orador Radical . Negro Robles: Commentaries on the Life of the Radical Orator . 1995 . . Santa Marta . es . 36803638.
External links
Notes and References
- Romero Jaramillo . Dolcey . August 1994 . Presidentes de los 9 Estados Soberanos . Presidents of the 9 Sovereign States . Revista Credencial Historia . 56 . Bogotá . . es . 71823382 . 2011-04-24 . https://archive.today/20121205180140/http://www.banrep.gov.co/blaavirtual/revistas/credencial/agosto1994/agosto2.htm . 2012-12-05 . dead .
- Carrascal . María Fernanda . 2010 . Luis Antonio Robles: El primer colegial negro . Luis Antonio Robles: The First Black Alumnus . Nova et Vetera . 4 . 8 . Bogotá . . es . 1542-7315 . 2011-04-24 .
- Web site: . Declaratoria de un nuevo Bien de Interés Cultural e inclusión de otro en la Lista Indicativa de Candidatos a Bienes de Interés Cultural en el Ámbito Nacional . 2011-04-24 . es . 2010-05-18 . Declaration of a new Cultural Property and inclusion of another in the tentative List of Candidates for Cultural Interest at the National level . https://archive.today/20121130053054/http://www.mincultura.gov.co/index.php?idcategoria=37193 . 2012-11-30 . dead .
- Book: Arriaga Copete . Libardo . Cátedra de estudios afrocolombianos: nociones elementales y hechos históricos que se deben conocer para el desarrollo de la Cátedra de Estudios Afrocolombianos, o lo que todos debemos saber sobre los negros . Afro-Colombian Studies: basic concepts and historical facts to be known for the development of the Afro-Colombian Studies, or what we should all know about blacks . 2002 . Igasa- Ingenieros Graficos Andinos . es . 978-958-33-3817-5 . 176.
- Web site: Acuerdo 47 de 1916 . Accord 47 of 1916 . 2011-04-23 . 1916-10-10 . City Council. Bogotá . es .
- Book: Gómez Naranjo . Pedro Alejandro . La sal de la historia . The Salt of History . 1963 . Departamental Press . Bucaramanga . es . 4934098.
- Book: Carrillo Pérez . Idayris Yolima . Cotes Mejía . Micael Segundo . Ley 570 de 2000 . Law 570 of 2000 . 2014-12-15 . 2000-02-07 . . Bogotá . es . 1657-6241.
