Rafael Guirola Duke
Rafael Guirola Duke | |
|---|---|
Guirola in c. 1916 | |
| Minister of Finance and Public Credit of El Salvador | |
| In office 1 March 1911 – 9 February 1913 | |
| President | Manuel Enrique Araujo |
| Preceded by | Domingo López |
| Succeeded by | Tomás García Palomo |
| In office 1892 – 9 June 1894 | |
| President | Carlos Ezeta |
| Preceded by | Reyes Arrieta Rossi |
| Succeeded by | Cornelio Lemus |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 October 1864 Zacatecoluca, El Salvador |
| Died | 23 April 1919 (aged 54) Nueva San Salvador, El Salvador |
| Spouse | Claudia Matamoros |
| Parent(s) | Ángel Guirola Cordelia Duke Alexander |
| Occupation | Politician, diplomat |
Rafael Guirola Duke (4 October 1864 – 23 April 1919) was a Salvadoran politician and diplomat who served as Minister of Finance from 1892 to 1894 and from 1911 to 1913.
Career
Rafael Guirola Duke was born on 4 October 1864 in Zacatecoluca, El Salvador.[1] His parents were Ángel Guirola (the acting president of El Salvador in 1884) and Cordelia Duke Alexander from Kingston, Jamaica.[2][3] Guirola had 6 siblings: José Adalberto, Ángel, Eduardo, Gertrudis, Cordelia Julia, and Matilde.[1]
From 1892 to 1884, Guirola served as minister of finance and public credit under President General Carlos Ezeta. Guirola was elected as a member of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador in 1895.[1] Guirola ran in the 1907 presidential election. He only won 16 votes, all from La Libertad, and finished in fourth place.[4]
From March 1911 to February 1913, Guirola served as minister of finance and public credit under President Manuel Enrique Araujo.[5] Araujo also appointed Guirola as El Salvador's ambassador to Belgium, France, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. During a state visit to Spain, King Alfonso XIII awarded Guirola the Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic.[1]
In 1916, Guirola was El Salvador's ambassador to Costa Rica.[6] Guirola was elected as the honorary president of the Subcommittee of Physical Culture in 1918.[1]
Guirola died on 23 April 1919 in Nueva San Salvador, El Salvador (modern-day Santa Tecla).[1]
Personal life
Guirola married Claudia Matamoros, a Costa Rican woman.[6]
Guirola owned four coffee plantations in Nueva San Salvador known as El Paraíso, La Asunción, San Luis, and San Rafael. In 1910, these four plantations produced a combined 300,000 pounds (140,000 kg) of coffee.[7]
Electoral history
| Year | Office | Type | Party | Main opponent | Party | Votes for Guirola | Result | Swing | Ref | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | % | P. | ±% | ||||||||||||
| 1907 | President of El Salvador | General | Independent | Fernando Figueroa | Liberal | 16 | 0.01 | 4th | N/A | Lost | Hold | [4] | |||
References
Citations
- ^ a b c d e f Hernández & Martínez 2021.
- ^ Leistenschneider & Leistenschneider 1980, p. 143.
- ^ Legislative Assembly of El Salvador 2006, p. 26.
- ^ a b Diario Oficial 1907, p. 354.
- ^ Leistenschneider & Leistenschneider 1980, p. 169.
- ^ a b Ward 1916, p. 206.
- ^ Bernal Ramírez & Quijano de Batres 2009, p. 14.
Bibliography
- Bernal Ramírez, Luis Guillermo & Quijano de Batres, Ana Elia, eds. (2009). Historia 2 El Salvador [History 2 El Salvador] (PDF). Historia El Salvador (in Spanish). Ministry of Education. ISBN 9789992363683. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
- "Cuadro Demonstrativo de los Votos Emitidos para Presidente y Vice Presidente de la República en el Período de 1907 a 1911" [Demonstrative Table of the Votes Cast for President and Vice President of the Republic for the Period of 1907 to 1911] (PDF). Diario Oficial (in Spanish). Vol. 62, no. 48. 26 February 1907. p. 354. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2024. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
- Hernández, Nancy & Martínez, Omar (25 April 2021). "Special: Peculiaridades Familia Guirola, ¿Por Qué Rafael Guirola Duke Llevaba un Limón a Sus Viajes Diplomáticos?" [Special: Peculiarities of the Guirola Family, Why Did Rafael Guirola Duke Carry a Lemon on His Diplomatic Trips?]. El Diario de Hoy (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 May 2024.
- Historia del Órgano Legislativo de la República de El Salvador [History of the Legislative Organ of the Republic of El Salvador] (PDF) (in Spanish) (III ed.). Legislative Assembly of El Salvador. 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 February 2020. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
- Leistenschneider, María & Leistenschneider, Freddy (1980). Gobernantes de El Salvador: Biografías [Governors of El Salvador: Biographies] (in Spanish). Ministry of the Interior. OCLC 7876291. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
- Ward, L.A., ed. (1916). Libro Azul de El Salvador: Histórico y Descriptivo, Comercio e Industrías, Hechos Datos y Recursos [Blue Book of Salvador: Historical and Descriptive, Commercial and Industrial, Facts Figures and Resources] (PDF) (in Spanish). San Salvador, El Salvador: Latin American Publicity Bureau. OCLC 16103876. Retrieved 23 May 2025.