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.