Mariano de Aycinena y Piñol
| Mariano de Aycinena y Piñol | |
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.svg){kind=small} Governator of the State of Guatemala |
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In office March 1, 1827 – April 12, 1829 |
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| Preceded by | José Domingo Estrada |
| Succeeded by | Francisco Morazán |
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| Born | September 16, 1789 |
| Died | March 29, 1855 (aged 65) Nueva Guatemala de la Asunción |
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Merchant Lawyer Politician |
Mariano de Aycinena y Piñol (1789-1855) was an important merchant and conservative politician from Guatemala. He was governor of the State of Guatemala in the Central American Federation from 1 March 1827 to 12 April 1829 and leader of the Aycinena family, who had the commerce monopoly in Central American during the Spanish Colony later year thanks to the Consulado de Comercio. He was one of the Central American Independence signatories and lobbied heavily for the annexation of Central America to the Mexican Empire of Agustín de Iturbide -given that this represented that his family would keep its economic position and privileges. After being expelled along with the Aycinena family in 1829 after being defeated by Francisco Morazán, went into exile in the United States and then to Mexico. He came back to Guatemala after the conservaties had allied with general Rafael Carrera; but then he retired from public life and hand the Aycinena family leadership to Juan José de Aycinena y Piñol.
Member and leader of the most influential family in the Guatelaman region during the Spanish Colony, he clashed with Captain General José de Bustamante y Guerra when Aycinena y Piñol was in charge of the Ayuntamiento in 1812.
In 1821, Fernando VII power in Spain was weakened by French invasions and other conflicts, and México declared the Plan de Iguala; this led Aycinena y Piñol and other criollos to demand the weak Captain General Gabino Gaínza to declare Guatemala and the rest of Central America as an independent entity. Aycinena y Piñol was one of the signatories of the Declaration of Independence of Central America from the Spanish Empire, and then lobbied strongly for the annexation of Central America to the Mexican Empire of Agustín de Iturbide, due to its conservative and ecclesiastical nature. Aycinena remained in the legislature and was advisor of the Governors of Guatemala in the next few years.
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