Eusebio Ayala
| Eusebio Ayala | |
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| President of Paraguay | |
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In office November 7, 1921 – April 12, 1923 |
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| Preceded by | Manuel Gondra |
| Succeeded by | Eligio Ayala |
| President of Paraguay | |
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In office August 15, 1932 – February 17, 1936 |
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| Preceded by | José Patricio Guggiari |
| Succeeded by | Rafael Franco |
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August 14, 1875 Barrero Grande |
| Died | June 4, 1942 (aged 66) Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Nationality | Paraguayan |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | Marcelle Durand |
| Alma mater | National College of Asunción |
Eusebio Ayala (August 14, 1875 – June 4, 1942) was President of Paraguay from 7 November 1921 to 12 April 1923 and again from 15 August 1932 to 17 February 1936. He was a member of the Liberal Party. He was overthrown by Rafael Franco.
Born in Barrero Guasu (Barrero Grande), Cordillera Department, Paraguay, on August 14, 1875. His parents were Abdón Bordenave and Casimira Ayala, an illiterate teenage girl aged 19, that had endured the hardships of the resident Paraguayan women. He was Juana Concepcion’s father’s brother, Enrique Bordenave, Rosa Elena and Maria Bordenave. He was married to the French Marcelle Durand, with whom he had a son called Roger Ayala Durand.
Eusebio Ayala comes from a very humble family from his mother’s side.
His first education in school were acquired in his hometown, with his aunt Benita. Then he moved to the country's capital, Asuncion, where he worked as a trainee in a shop, thanks to his own effort, and later he was able to enter the National College of Asunción and received his bachelor in 1896.
Exercising the title of Expert in Business, Ayala taught classes in schools, through which he could afford his expenses at the College of Law, National University, where he graduated as Doctor of Social Science and Law in 1904, defending a thesis on the national budget.
After completing his university education, he made several trips to Europe. The first was as secretary of the embassy of Great Britain for three years, time that he came to master English and French, and also improve his philosophical and cultural training.
It was in one of those trips where he met the person who would be his future wife, Madame Marcelle Amelia Durand. She was born in Tours, France, January 16, 1889. She got married at very young age with a Parisian jeweler, but he suffered from a mental problem that drove him to suicide, leaving Marcelle a widow and without offspring.
After the incident, she continued living in Paris, where she met Eusebio Ayala. Marcelle lived until his last days in Paraguay, as a sample of great love and respect she had for him. Marcelle Ayala died in Asuncion on April 20, 1954. Her years close to the statesman were recorded in his book "Memories".
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