Santiago Pérez de Manosalbas
| Santiago Pérez de Manosalbas | |
|---|---|
Daguerreotype of Manosalbas circa 1870.
|
|
| 10th President of the United States of Colombia | |
|
In office April 1, 1874 – April 1, 1876 |
|
| Preceded by | Manuel Murillo Toro |
| Succeeded by | Aquileo Parra |
| Secretary of the Interior and Foreign Affairs | |
|
In office April 1, 1868 – April 1, 1870 |
|
| President | Santos Gutiérrez |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
March 23, 1830 Zipaquirá, Cundinamarca, Colombia |
| Died | August 5, 1900 (aged 70) Paris, Île-de-France, France |
| Resting place | Central Cemetery of Bogotá |
| Nationality | Colombian |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | Tadea Triana Silva |
| Alma mater | Our Lady of the Rosary University |
| Occupation | Educator, writer, journalist |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Santiago Pérez de Manosalbas was a Colombian educator, lawyer, diplomat, writer, journalist and statesman who was President of the United States of Colombia between 1874 and 1876.
Pérez was born in Zipaquirá, Cundinamarca, on May 23, 1830, in what was then the Republic of New Granada. Born to a family of farmers, his parents were Felipe Pérez and Rosa Manosalbas. He died while in exile in Paris on August 5, 1900 at the age of 70. He was buried in the Batignolles Cemetery in Paris and there he rested until 1952, when his remains were repatriated and buried in the Central Cemetery of Bogotá.
The Pérez de Manosalbas was not a family of means, and Santiago and his brother Felipe Pérez went to the local public school in Zipaquirá, but they excelled beyond their teachers’ expectations. When the Director of Public Instruction Lorenzo María Lleras went to Zipaquirá to visit the school, he was impressed by Santiago and Felipe’s talent and potential. Lleras decided to help them and took them with him to Our Lady of the Rosary University, where he was the rector. He later took them to the “Colegio del Espíritu Santo”, a higher education school, which Lleras had founded. There, Pérez studied jurisprudence and on May 23, 1830, he received his Law degree, although he never professed this occupation, as he was a man of letters and politics.
Pérez was married to Tadea Triana Silva; together they had four children, Santiago, Paulina, Eduardo and Amelia. Amelia married Clímaco Calderón, future President of Colombia. Eduardo became a diplomat. Santiago followed in his fathers footsteps, becoming a writer, politician, diplomat, and journalist.
Pérez started his true calling as an educator working as a teacher in Spanish and Spanish literature while studying law in the Colegio del Espíritu Santo. In 1857 together with his brother Felipe, they established the Colegio Pérez Hermanos, a learning institution that taught such people as the linguist Rufino José Cuervo.
...
Wikipedia