Marcos Morínigo Explained

Marcos Antonio Morínigo
Order:12th
Office:President of Paraguay
Term Start:9 June 1894
Term End:25 November 1894
Vicepresident:Vacant
Predecessor:Juan Gualberto González
Successor:Juan Bautista Egusquiza
Order1:7th
Office1:Vice President of Paraguay
Term Start1:25 November 1890
Term End1:9 June 1894
President1:Juan Gualberto González
Predecessor1:José del Rosario Miranda
Successor1:Facundo Ynsfrán
Birth Name:Marcos Antonio Morínigo Fleytas
Birth Date:8 October 1848
Birth Place:Quyquyhó, Paraguay
Death Place:Asunción, Paraguay
Party:Colorado Party
Spouse:Ramona Bareiro Caballero
Children:6
Nationality: Paraguayan
Occupation:Politician

Marcos Antonio Morínigo Fleytas (8 October 1848 – 13 July 1901) was a Paraguayan politician who served as President of Paraguay in 1894.

He was born in 1848 in Quyquyho, Paraguarí. In 1881, he was elected for his first term in the Chamber of Deputies, a post he held for more than nine years. In 1887, Morinigo participated in founding the Colorado Party and was elected Vice President of Paraguay in 1890 (alongside President Juan Gualberto González).[1] After González was sacked, he became president on June 8, 1894, until the legal end of the term (November 25, 1894). Morinigo was elected senator in 1895. He died 1901 in Asunción.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Vicepresidencia de la Republica. June 29, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120629113011/http://www.vicepresidencia.gov.py/?categoria=11&t=galeria-de-vicepresidentes. 2012-06-29.