José María Reina Andrade
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His Excellency José María Reina Andrade |
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| President of Guatemala | |
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In office 2 January 1931 – 14 February 1931 |
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| Preceded by | Lázaro Chacón González |
| Succeeded by | Jorge Ubico |
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| Born |
November 1, 1860 Guatemala |
| Died | April 25, 1947 (aged 86) Santiago de Cuba, Cuba |
| Nationality | Guatemalan |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | Soledad Trabanino de Andrade |
| Alma mater | Guatemala National University |
| Occupation | politician |
| Profession | lawyer |
José María Reina Andrade (1 November 1860 – 25 April 1947) was the acting President of Guatemala from 2 January 1931 to 14 February 1931.
Reina Andrade was appointed by the Congress of Guatemala on December 31, 1930 as the first president of the Republic. On January 2, 1931, he called for Congress to take over the chairmanship of the republic. He remained in power just long enough while making the call for elections to the members of the Liberal Party to achieve taxation power for Jorge Ubico. It is said he received specific instructions from Jorge Ubico and the Liberal Party to convene elections quickly.
Andrade left power as a result of the elections that handed the presidency to Ubico on February 14, 1931.
Reina Andrade served as Secretary of the Interior during the second presidential term of Manuel Estrada Cabrera—from 1905 to 1911—and he was in charge of the investigations of the murder attempts against the president that took place on April 29, 1907 -"The bomb"- and on April 20, 1908 -"Cadets assassination attempt"-.
An Extra issue of El Guatemalteco on April 29, 1907 published the following:
«CRIMINAL ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT. At eight in the morning of today, when Mr. President of the Republic, Manuel Estrada Cabrera, left his home in his chariot and was on his way to the south of the city on the laudable mission to inspect the construction work that for the good of civilization and progress he ordered, a dynamite loaded mine activated by an electrical device, made a horrible explosion on the 7th. S. Avenue, between 16th and 17th W. streets. The detonation was horrendous and it was heard all over the city; but fortunately, for the good of the Motherland, its effects were far away from following the highly despicable desires of its criminal makers.
In early 1907, lawyer Enrique Ávila Echeverría and his brother, physician Jorge Ávila Echeverría, along with Dr. Julio Valdés Blanco and electrical engineer Baltasar Rodil, planned a bombing attack on the president of Guatemala, Manuel Estrada Cabrera, which took place on April 29, 1907 and is generally known in Guatemala as "The Bomb". The Echeverría brothers and their mates were from the elite class and had studied abroad, but when they came back to Guatemala, they did not like what they saw: a country where there was extreme abuse of power. When they decided to try to kill the president, they chose to use explosives. They prepared everything meticulously: the explosives, the detonators, the day and the exact time; even the president's driver -Patrocinio Monterroso- was on board.
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