Manuel Francisco Pavón Aycinena Explained

Occupation:Politician
Party:Conservative
Alma Mater:Pontifical University of San Carlos Borromeo
Manuel Francisco Pavón Aycinena
Birth Date:30 January 1798
Birth Place:Nueva Guatemala de la Asunción
Term Start:1844
Term End:1848
Office2:Secretary of State of Guatemala[1]
President:Rafael Carrera
President2:Rafael Carrera
Office:Government Advisor of Guatemala

Manuel Francisco Pavón Aycinena (January 30, 1798 – April 19, 1855) was a conservative Guatemalan politician during the regime of General Rafael Carrera. He was influential in the founding of the government's executive branch and held several Cabinet offices during his career.

Biography

Pavón Aycinena attended the Pontifical University of San Carlos Borromeo and participated in the war against Francisco Morazán under the command of the Governor of Guatemala, Mariano de Aycinena y Piñol as Lieutenant Colonel in the army. After his defeat, Aycinena was banished by Morazan. In his exile, Aycinena lived in Panama and the United States. He returned to Guatemala in 1837 when Rafael Carrera came to power.

Role in Rafael Carrera's government

See main article: Rafael Carrera.

Carrera Theater

See main article: Carrera Theater (Guatemala).

On August 6, 1832, Guatemalan Governor Mariano Gálvez issued a decree to build a theater in the middle of Plaza Vieja. However, due to ongoing political turmoil, this theater was not constructed during Galvez's rule.

In 1852, Juan Matheu and Pavón Aycinena presented Rafael Carrera with a plan to build the Carrera Theater.

Carrera declared President for life

See also: Battle of La Arada.

Shortly after Carrera became President in 1851, Pavón Aycinena began suffering from intestinal problems. On May 5, 1853, he became so ill that was put in a hospice, though he briefly recovered. On October 25, 1854, at the initiative of Pavón Aycinena, Carrera was declared "supreme and perpetual leader of the nation" for life, with the power to choose his successor; Carrera served as President of Guatemala until he died on April 14, 1865.

Death

In February 1855, while Pavón Aycinena was traveling in Escuintla, his health rapidly declined. He returned to Guatemala City on March 17, and on April 15, a priest was called to perform Pavón's Last Rites. Pavón Aycinena named his cousins Pedro de Aycinena and Luis Batres Juarros as executors of his will.

Pavón Aycinena died in his home on April 19, 1855, surrounded by his relatives and important ecclesiastic figures. His funeral service took place in the Cathedral of Guatemala City and he was buried in La Merced Church.

On May 7, 1855, Carrera commanded that a portrait of Pavón Aycinena be placed in the main room of the Presidential Palace. Carrera also granted Pavón Aycinena's widow a lifelong pension equivalent to half of her deceased husband's income, —the largest pension ever granted in Guatemala up to that point.

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Notes and References

  1. Pavón Aycinena served also as War, Justice, Foreign Affairs and Ecclesiastical Affairs secretary under Rafael Carrera and Mariano Paredes.

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