Benjamin Aceval
Tomás Benjamín Aceval Marín (* 1845 in Asunción ; † July 25, 1900 there ) was a Paraguayan diplomat and politician .
Life
Benjamin Aceval founded the Colegio Nacional in 1877 and was the first Foreign Minister (Ministro de Relaciones Exteriores) as the successor to Facundo Machaín in 1877 during the tenure of President Higinio Uriarte . A short time later he became envoy to the USA in 1877 and remained there until March 1879. During this time he took part in the negotiations in Washington, DC over the Gran Chaco region, which Paraguay took part in after the Triple Alliance War (1864 and 1870) had to cede to the allied states Argentina , Brazil and Uruguay . Through the mediation of US President Rutherford B. Hayes of the border dispute between Argentina and was Paraguay resolved in favor of Paraguay, which is why a department , the department of Presidente Hayes , was named after this. At the same time, he was again Foreign Minister in November 1878 as the successor to Juan Antonio Jara and held this ministerial office in the government of President Cándido Bareiro until September 1880.
In the following years, Aceval turned down offers to take on further ministerial offices, and was instead rector of the Colegio Nacional until 1886 . In November 1886 he entered the government of President Patricio Escobar as Foreign Minister , but only held the office until he was succeeded by José Segundo Decoud in 1887. In this capacity, he signed the Aceval- on February 16, 1887 with the Bolivian special envoy Isaac Tamayo . Tamayo agreement, which was also about the settlement of border disputes between the two countries. From the point of view of Paraguay, however, this agreement was disadvantageous because it recognized Bolivian claims to areas along the Paraguay River . The agreement divided the Gran Chaco region into three areas: in the south a region belonging to Paraguay between the main arm of the Río Pilcomayo and the mouth of the Río Apa, and in the north a region belonging to Bolivia between Bahía Negra and Fuerte Olimpo . The third region was subject to the arbitration of Leopold II , the then King of Belgium . While the Congress of Bolivia approved the agreement, the National Congress (Congreso de Paraguay) refused to approve the agreement. The rejection in Paraguay led to the establishment of the Centro Democrático . He was envoy to the United Kingdom , Spain and France between 1889 and 1890 .
Benjamín Aceval, whose younger brother Emilio Aceval Marín was President of Paraguay between 1898 and 1902, died as a result of the bubonic plague that broke out in Asunción around 1900. A Benjamin Aceval district was named in his honor.
Web links
- R. Andrew Nickson: Historical Dictionary of Paraguay , p. 28 et al., Rowman & Littlefield, 2015
- Entry in Biografías y Vidas
- Entry in rulers.org
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Aceval, Benjamin |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Aceval Marín, Benjamín Tomás (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Paraguayan politician and diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1845 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Asunción |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 25, 1900 |
| Place of death | Asunción |