Eligio Ayala
| José Eligio Ayala | |
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| 31st President of Paraguay | |
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In office 12 April 1923 – 17 March 1924 |
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| Vice President | Manuel Burgos |
| Preceded by | Eusebio Ayala |
| Succeeded by | Luis Alberto Riart |
| 33rd President of Paraguay | |
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In office 15 August 1924 – 15 August 1928 |
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| Preceded by | Luis Alberto Riart |
| Succeeded by | José Patricio Guggiari |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
December 4, 1879 Mbuyapey |
| Died | October 25, 1930 (aged 50) Asunción |
| Nationality | Paraguayan |
| Political party | Liberal |
José Eligio Ayala (December 4, 1879 – October 25, 1930) was President of Paraguay from 12 April 1923 to 17 March 1924 and again from 15 August 1924 until 15 August 1928. He was a member of the Liberal Party.
Jose Eligio Ayala was born in Mbuyapey in the department of Paraguarí on 4 December 1879, son of Spanish Mariano Sisa and Paraguayan Manuela de Jesus Ayala. He was twin brother of Emilio de Jesus Ayala and brother of Eliseo’s father, Juan Pablo, Juan Bautista and Manuel Sisa. He was the father of the son of Rosaura Abelardo Gonzalez and daughter Anastasia Candelaria Duplán.
The Ayala family owned a farm with some dairy, a pair of horses, hens, and pigs, and also had a small ranch where he grew some vegetables.
His primary studies were conducted in his hometown and continued in Paraguarí. In 1897 he joined the National College of Encarnación, where his uncle Jose del Rosario Ayala, director of that institution, financed his studies, as the Ayala family had limited economic resources. Culminating the third year, he moved to Asuncion to enter the National College Asuncion, where he finished high school, helped by a grant from the government.
By completing the baccalaureate, he obtained a position as classifier of official documents in the National Archives and joined the Faculty of Law and Social Sciences, where he was president of the Students’ Council of this house of studies in 1903. He earned his doctorate degree in law and Social Science 22 December 1905. As he was studying, he was a professor of mathematics and story in secondary schools.
In 1911 he left from the port of Buenos Aires (his place of exile) to Europe to continue his studies philosophy economics aesthetics And philosophy law at the University of Heidelberg, Germany and Zurich Switzerland. Being in Berlin wrote his book "Agricultural Evolution in England" and "The Paraguay seen from Europe." At the end of March 1920, after visiting Spain, Portugal and then spent more time ashore in Argentina, returned to Paraguay.
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