Nemesio Camacho
| Nemesio Camacho Macías | |
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| 22nd Minister of Public Works of Colombia | |
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In office 31 December 1921 – 4 February 1922 |
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| President | Jorge Holguín Mallarino |
| Preceded by | Víctor Manuel Salazar |
| Succeeded by | Florentino Manjarrés |
| 20th Minister of Public Works of Colombia | |
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In office 11 November 1921 – 28 November 1921 |
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| President | Jorge Holguín Mallarino |
| Preceded by | Esteban Jaramillo |
| Succeeded by | Víctor Manuel Salazar |
| 4th Minister of Public Works of Colombia | |
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In office 29 July 1908 – 26 May 1909 |
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| President | Rafael Reyes Prieto |
| Preceded by | José María Ruiz |
| Succeeded by | Guillermo Camacho Carrizosa |
| 8th Minister of Finance and the Treasury of Colombia | |
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In office 22 March 1909 – 26 May 1909 |
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| President | Rafael Reyes Prieto |
| Preceded by | Jorge Holguín Mallarino |
| Succeeded by | Domingo Esguerra Plata |
| Personal details | |
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Subachoque, Cundinamarca, Colombia November 1869 |
| Died | May 7, 1929 (aged 59) Paris, Île-de-France, France |
| Resting place | Central Cemetery of Bogotá |
| Nationality | Colombian |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | Leonilde Matiz Laverde |
| Children | Luis Camacho Matíz, Isabel Camacho de Casabianca |
| Alma mater | Externado University of Colombia (LLB, 1890) |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Nemesio Camacho Macías (November 1869 - 7 May 1929) was a Colombian businessman and politician. The Stadium Nemesio Camacho in Bogotá is named after him.
He was the manager of the Bank of the Republic, the Colombian Train of the Pacific and the Tramways of Bogotá. He was also Ministry of Finance and Public Credit appointed by the President Rafael Reyes.
His son Luis Camacho, was the person who offered the land where the stadium would be constructed.
Nemesio Camacho Macias (Subachoque, Colombia, November 1869 - Paris, France, May 7, 1929) was a Colombian lawyer, politician and businessman. He was a minister, senator and the chief of the Central Bank of Bogota Tram and Pacific Railroad. His son Luis Camacho donated the land which was called "El Campin" to build the football stadium that bears his name in Bogota.
Nemesio Camacho was born in the town of Subachoque (Cundinamarca) in November 1869, the same year his mother, Isabel Macias, died. In 1882 he was admitted to study at the College of San Bartolomé in Bogotá and in the same year, his father, Silverio Camacho, died. Later studies in litereratura National University, but he interrupted his studies to study philosophy and law at the External University ending in 1890. He obtained a law degree with "outstanding acclaim". At their level, opening a law office and exercising the right to 1895, when it bursts the civil war, in which financially supports and funds the generals Servant Sarmiento and Rafael Uribe in the Company of the West. At this time he was appointed director of the Liberal Party and is postulated as a candidate for president with John the Evangelist Manrique and Miguel Samper . After the war returned to his trade as a lawyer until 1905, when capital brings Pepe Sierra to the creation of the Central Bank and is appointed manager, a position he held until August 1907 . In the same year, 1905 Rafael Reyes closed the Congress and Nemesio Camacho was elected representative in the Assembly of Cundinamarca. In 1908 it is part of society that is responsible for organizing the concession for the construction of the Pacific Railway and the following year associates on a Milk Producers Cooperative. The President Rafael Reyes is appointed Minister of Public Works and Development in 1908 and between April and May 1909 provisionally assumed in the Ministry of Finance and Treasury for resignation of Jorge Holguin, while these charges was developed infrastructure such as the layout intercity roads and railways, and installation of electrical service in various municipalities.
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