Manuel José Echeverría

In this Hispanic American name, the first or paternal surname is Echeverría and the second or maternal family name is Arrivillaga.

Manuel José Echeverría y Arrivillaga (May 23, 1817 – February 3, 1902) was a prominent Guatemalan statesman and lawyer who served as Minister of the Interior (1863-1871) and Magistrate of the Supreme Court (1879-1885)

Biography

Manuel was born in Guatemala City to Juan José Echeverría, a Basque merchant and colonial administrator; and Maria Ignacia de Arrivillaga, a member of the prominent Arrivillaga clan. He studied at the University of San Carlos, and in 1847 he became wed to María de la Encarnación Valdés y Cepeda, with whom he had several children. Upon the triumph of the Liberal Revolution in 1871, Manuel self-exiled to Rome, later returning after negotiations with President Justo Rufino Barrios. Manuel served in high-ranking positions under both the Conservative regimes of Rafael Carrera and Vicente Cerna y Cerna, as well as the Liberal regime of Justo Rufino Barrios. Manuel died on February 3, 1902 in Guatemala City.[1][2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Echeverria, Manuel (1855). Decreto del Presidente de la República, Don Rafael Carrera, Octubre 29. Universidad Francisco Marroquín Biblioteca Ludwig von Mises.
  2. ^ Jr, Ralph Lee Woodward (2012-03-15). Rafael Carrera and the Emergence of the Republic of Guatemala, 1821–1871. University of Georgia Press. ISBN 978-0-8203-4360-0.
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