Miguel Antonio Caro
| Miguel Antonio Caro | |
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| 2nd President of Colombia | |
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In office September 18, 1894 – August 7, 1898 |
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| Preceded by | Rafael Nuñez |
| Succeeded by | Manuel Antonio Sanclemente |
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President of Colombia Interim |
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In office August 7, 1892 – September 29, 1892 |
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| Preceded by | Rafael Nuñez |
| Succeeded by | Rafael Nuñez |
| 2nd Vice President of Colombia | |
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In office August 7, 1892 – September 18, 1894 |
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| President | Rafael Nuñez |
| Preceded by | Eliseo Payán |
| Succeeded by | José Manuel Marroquín |
| Personal details | |
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Miguel Antonio José Zoilo Cayetano Andrés Avelino de las Mercedes Caro Tobar November 10, 1845 Bogotá, Cundinamarca, Republic of New Granada |
| Died | August 5, 1909 (aged 63) Bogotá, Cundinamarca, Colombia |
| Nationality | Colombian |
| Political party | Conservative |
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National Party |
| Spouse(s) | Ana de Narváez y Guerra |
| Occupation | Journalist, philologist, politician |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Miguel Antonio Caro Tobar (November 10, 1845 – August 5, 1909) was a Colombian scholar, poet, journalist, philosopher, orator, philologist, lawyer, and politician.
His father, José Eusebio Caro and Mariano Ospina Rodríguez, were the founders of the Colombian Conservative Party. His father’s criticisms of President José Hilario López led to his exile to New York City.
Caro did not attend college or university. Nevertheless, as autodidact, he was very well versed in economics, world history and literature, social science, jurisprudence, linguistics and philology. He was also well known as great orator, debater and poet. Also, as a scholar, he translated several of the works of Virgil from Latin. He was appointed as Director of the National Library, was elected to congress, and founded of the Academia Colombiana de la Lengua.
Caro, as philosopher, scholar and orator, played a decisive and important role in the preparation, composition and enactment of the new Constitution of 1886. The significant achievement gave him an enormous prestige in the political realm.
During the presidential election of 1892, the Colombian Conservative Party was divided in two movements: traditionalists and nationalists. The nationalists nominated Rafael Núñez as candidate for President and Caro as Vice-President. The traditionalists nominated Marcelino Vélez and José Joaquín Ortiz. The liberals did not participate. Obviously, the conservatives won, and the nationalists outnumbered the traditionalists. Thus, Núñez and Caro were elected for the 1892-1898 presidential term.
Núñez had expressed his clear desire not to be inaugurated but to retire to his native city of Cartagena. Nevertheless, Caro insisted for Núñez had to be inaugurated as president before retiring. Thus, Núñez accepted and was inaugurated in Cartagena and then immediately resigned. Therefore, Caro, as vice-president, began acting as President.
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