Luis Antonio Robles Suárez

Luis Antonio Robles Suárez
Daguerreotype of Luis Antonio Robles.
Oil painting by Epifanio Julián Garay y Caicedo.
Member of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia
In office
1 April 1892 – 1 April 1896
Constituency Antioquia State
In office
1 March 1876 – 1 April 1876
Constituency Magdalena State
16th President of the Sovereign State of Magdalena
In office
1 April 1878 – 25 June 1879
Preceded by Manuel Davila García
Succeeded by José María Campo Serrano
Colombian Secretary of the Treasury and Public Credit
In office
1 April 1876 – 1 April 1877
President Aquileo Parra Gómez
Preceded by José María Villamizar Gallardo
Succeeded by José María Quijano Wallis
Personal details
Born (1849-10-24)24 October 1849
Riohacha, Riohacha, Magdalena, New Granada
Died 22 September 1899(1899-09-22) (aged 49)
Bogotá, Cundinamarca, Colombia
Nationality Colombian
Political party Liberal
Alma mater Our Lady of the Rosary University (JD)
Profession Lawyer

Luis Antonio Robles Suárez (24 October 1849 – 22 September 1899)[1][2] also known as "El Negro Robles", was a Colombian lawyer and politician. He was the first Afro-Colombian to hold a cabinet-level ministry in Colombia serving as Secretary of the Treasury and Public Credit during the administration of President Aquileo Parra Gómez, as well as being the first Afro-Colombian Congressperson as Member of the Chamber of Representatives for Magdalena, and the first Afro-Colombian Governor of a Department, as the 16th President of the Sovereign State of Magdalena.[3] He graduated a lawyer from Our Lady of the Rosary University in 1872, thus also becoming the first Afro-Colombian to ever serve as a lawyer in Colombia.[4][5]

Career

Oil on canvas painting of Luis Antonio Robles by Epifanio Julián Garay y Caicedo.

Personal life

Born on 24 October 1849 in the hamlet of Camarones in the Municipality of Riohacha, then part of the Riohacha Province, in the Department of Magdalena, New Granada; his parents were Luis Antonio Robles and Manuela Súarez, both black freedpersons of moderate means.[1]

He succumbed to his death on 22 September 1899 of cystitis infection in his longtime residence le Maison Doré in Bogotá at the age of 49,[2][6] not having married and with no descendants still recovering from the death of his mother earlier that year.[3] His childhood home in Camarones was designated a national monument, and his remains, which had been interred at the Central Cemetery of Bogotá,[2] were transported to be interred at his childhood home which operates as a Cultural House, Library and Training Center.[5][7]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Arriaga Copete, Libardo (2002). Cátedra de estudios afrocolombianos: nociones elementales y hechos históricos que se deben conocer para el desarrollo de la Cátedra de Estudios Afrocolombianos, o lo que todos debemos saber sobre los negros [Afro-Colombian Studies: basic concepts and historical facts to be known for the development of the Afro-Colombian Studies, or what we should all know about blacks] (in Spanish). Igasa- Ingenieros Graficos Andinos. p. 176. ISBN 978-958-33-3817-5.
  2. 1 2 3 "Acuerdo 47 de 1916" [Accord 47 of 1916] (in Spanish). Bogotá: City Council. 1916-10-10. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
  3. 1 2 3 Romero Jaramillo, Dolcey (August 1994). "Presidentes de los 9 Estados Soberanos" [Presidents of the 9 Sovereign States]. Revista Credencial Historia (in Spanish). Bogotá: Luis Ángel Arango Library (56). OCLC 71823382. Archived from the original on 2012-12-05. Retrieved 2011-04-24.
  4. 1 2 Carrascal, María Fernanda (2010). "Luis Antonio Robles: El primer colegial negro" [Luis Antonio Robles: The First Black Alumnus] (PDF). Nova et Vetera (in Spanish). Bogotá: Our Lady of the Rosary University (4): 8. ISSN 1542-7315. Retrieved 2011-04-24.
  5. 1 2 "Declaratoria de un nuevo Bien de Interés Cultural e inclusión de otro en la Lista Indicativa de Candidatos a Bienes de Interés Cultural en el Ámbito Nacional" [Declaration of a new Cultural Property and inclusion of another in the tentative List of Candidates for Cultural Interest at the National level] (in Spanish). Ministry of Culture. 2010-05-18. Archived from the original on 2012-11-30. Retrieved 2011-04-24.
  6. ↑ Gómez Naranjo, Pedro Alejandro (1963). La sal de la historia [The Salt of History] (in Spanish). Bucaramanga: Departamental Press. OCLC 4934098.
  7. ↑ Carrillo Pérez, Idayris Yolima; Cotes Mejía, Micael Segundo (2000-02-07). Ley 570 de 2000 [Law 570 of 2000] (in Spanish). Bogotá: Diario Oficial, Congress of Colombia. ISSN 1657-6241. Retrieved 2014-12-15. Lay summary (1999-08-10).

Further reading

  • Acosta Medina, Amilkar David; Knudsen Quevedo, Hans-Peter; Nieto Arango, Luis Enrique; Pérez Escobar, Jacobo; Prado Mosquera, Diana Carolina; Rodríguez, Gloria Amparo (November 2010). Luis A. Robles: Sombra y Luz [Luis A. Robles: Shadow and Light] (in Spanish). Bogotá: Our Lady of the Rosary University, Faculty of Jurisprudence. ISBN 978-958-738-148-1.
  • González Zubiría, Fredy (2007). Luis Antonio Robles: El Paladín de la Democracia [Luis Antonio Robles: The Paladin of Democracy] (in Spanish). Riohacha: Government of La Guajira.
  • Pérez Escobar, Jacobo (1999). El Negro Robles y Su Época [Negro Robles and His Time] (in Spanish). Bogotá: Centro para la Investigación de la Cultura Negra. OCLC 45163117.
  • Rodríguez Pimienta, José Manuel (1995). El Negro Robles: Comentarios Sobre la Vida lel Orador Radical [Negro Robles: Commentaries on the Life of the Radical Orator] (in Spanish). Santa Marta: University of Magdalena. OCLC 36803638.
  • Colectivo Audiovisual Pimentón Rojo. "El Caribe en el Bicentenario: Luis Antonio Robles" [The Caribbean in the Bicentenary] (YouTube video). Bicentenary of the Independence of Colombia (in Spanish). Telecaribe.
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