Manuel de Ascásubi

Manuel de Ascásubi
Interim President of Ecuador
In office
19 May 1869 – 10 August 1869
Preceded by Gabriel García Moreno
Succeeded by Gabriel García Moreno
In office
15 October 1839 – 7 December 1850
Preceded by Vicente Ramón Roca
Succeeded by Diego Noboa
Vice President of Ecuador
In office
16 October 1849 – 25 February 1851
Preceded by Pablo Merino
Personal details
Born Manuel de Ascázubi y Matheu
(1804-12-30)30 December 1804
Quito, Spanish Empire (now Ecuador)
Died 25 December 1876(1876-12-25) (aged 71)
Quito, Ecuador
Cause of death Myocardial infarction
Political party Conservative Party
Spouse(s) Carmen Salinas de la Vega
Children 4 daughters

Manuel de Ascázubi y Matheu (30 December 1804–25 December 1876) served as Vice President of Ecuador from 1847 to 1851[1] and in that capacity he was also acting President from 10 October 1849 to 10 June 1850.

Don Manuel Ascázubi y Matheu was born in Quito (1804). His parents were Don José de Ascázubi y Matheu and doña Mariana Matheu y Herrera of Quito landed aristocracy. Even though he was the heir to the titles of Marques de Maenza and Conde de Puñonrostro, he sided with the promoters of independence from the Spanish crown. He married Carmen Salinas de la Vega, daughter of Juan de Salinas, one the original leaders of the rebellion against Spain. They had 4 daughters.[2]

Due to his involvement in the independence movement he and his family were persecuted both politically and economically by the royalists.

He also served as acting President from 16 May 1869 to 10 August 1869.

He was the brother-in-law of President Gabriel García Moreno. He was a member of the Constitutional Assembly and fought to keep certain conservative principles within it. Between August and October 1875 he was the Minister of the Interior and of Foreign affairs.

Manuel de Ascázubi died of a heart attack in Quito on December 25, 1876.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Vicepresidentes en la historia" (PDF). www.vicepresidencia.gob.ec (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  2. ↑ Guamán Freire, Andrés (17 October 2011). "Familia del Prócer Juan de Salinas y Zenitagoya" (in Spanish).
  3. ↑ Moncayo, Pedro; Moncayo, Carlos E; Veloz, Luis F (1906). El Ecuador de 1825 a 1875: sus hombres, sus instituciones y sus leyes (in Spanish). Imprenta Nacional.

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Political offices
Preceded by
Pablo Merino		 Vice President of Ecuador
1847–1851		 Succeeded by
Position abolished
Preceded by
Vicente Ramón Roca		 President of Ecuador
1849–1850		 Succeeded by
Diego Noboa
Preceded by
Gabriel García Moreno		 President of Ecuador
1869		 Succeeded by
Gabriel García Moreno
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