Dionisio de Herrera, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Dionisio de Herrera

Honduran politician

Date of Birth: 09-Oct-1781

Place of Birth: Choluteca, Choluteca Department, Honduras

Date of Death: 13-Jun-1850

Profession: lawyer, politician

Nationality: El Salvador

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Dionisio de Herrera

  • JosĂ© Dionisio de la Trinidad de Herrera y DĂ­az del Valle (9 October 1781 in Choluteca, Honduras – 13 June 1850 in San Vicente, El Salvador) was a Liberal Honduran politician, head of state of Honduras from 1824 to 1827 and head of state of Nicaragua from 1830 to 1833.
  • During his terms, Honduras and Nicaragua were states within the Federal Republic of Central America.
  • Herrera was an uncle of the Liberal Central American general Francisco Morazán. From a land-owning family, Herrera studied at the University of San Carlos of Guatemala, where he earned a law degree and came in contact with the liberal ideas of the French Revolution.
  • He was a tutor of his nephew, General Morazán. In 1820 he occupied his first public office, as secretary of the town government of Tegucigalpa.
  • On 16 September 1824 he became the first head of state of Honduras, after the independence of Central America from Spain and from Mexico.
  • Colonel JosĂ© Justo Milla was his vice-head of state.
  • During his term he decreed the first territorial subdivisions of Honduras, creating the departments of Comayagua, Tegucigalpa, Santa Bárbara, Yoro, Olancho and Choluteca (department).
  • He also promulgated the first constitution of the country (state), on 11 December 1825. The government of Herrera was overthrown on 10 May 1827 in a coup d'Ă©tat led by Colonel Milla and aided by Honduran Conservatives.
  • Herrera was sent as a prisoner to Guatemala, where he remained until 1829. Thereafter he was elected head of state of Nicaragua, taking office on 12 May 1830.
  • He exercised this office until November 1833, relying on the support of General Morazán.
  • He tried to implement various Liberal reforms, but unsuccessfully, due to the opposition of the clergy.
  • In 1835 he was elected head of state of El Salvador, but he declined the office.
  • In 1838 he retired from politics, working as a teacher in the city of San Vicente, El Salvador.
  • He remained there until his death in 1850.

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