Marcos Morínigo, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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President of Paraguay
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Place of Birth: Quyquyhó, Paraguarí Department, Paraguay
About Marcos Morínigo
- 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 department).
- 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).
- 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.
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