Luis Bográn Barahona

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Luis Bográn Barahona

Luis Bográn Barahona (born June 3, 1849 in Santa Barbara, Santa Bárbara Department , † July 9, 1895 Guatemala City ) was President of Honduras from May 9, 1883 to November 30, 1891 .

Life

His parents were Gertrudis Barahona Leiva and Saturnino Bográn Bonilla from the wealthy family of the Bográn of Santa Bárbara. Luis Bográn became the half-brother and first cousin of Francisco Bográn and cousin of Miguel Paz Barahona. He studied at the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala .

In 1878 he married Teresa Morejón Ferrera in Chalguapa on June 3, 1878 and was a member of the Partido Progresista .

He was appointed political and military governor of the Santa Bárbara department by Marco Aurelio Soto. As Minister of Education in 1883, he founded the Colegio Independencia in Santa Bárbara.

In 1874 he was promoted to brigadier general after he had raised troops in Chamelecón and supported President Céleo Arias on the border with El Salvador.

In 1876 his troops were defeated by the troops of José María Medina . He recaptured the town of Santa Barbara with troops from Comayagua and defeated Juan Antonio Medina in Danlí, El Paraiso, on February 14, 1876 and in Ocotepeque.

Has been appointed Customs Inspector of Puerto Cortés and Omoa. In November 1880 he was a member of the Yoro Department in the Constituent Assembly as Deputy Secretary General. As a delegate to Honduras, he was at the establishment of the Universal Postal Union in France. In 1883 he was Minister for Government, Justice and the Public.

Presidency

With the resignation of President Marco Aurelio Soto, Borgán became executive president from May 9 to November 30, 1883. In the elections on November 9, 1883, he received a majority with 40,958 votes. US banana companies are taking advantage of the favorable investment climate in Honduras. In doing so, they create infrastructure as far as the exploitation of the bananas was profitable. The infrastructure of the capital remains the responsibility of the government. During his reign, the Maya city of Copán is examined.

The Confederation

From August 30 to November 17, 1884 Luis Bográn traveled to Guatemala. In agreement with the presidents of El Salvador and Honduras, Rafael Zaldívar and Luis Bográn Barahona, Justo Rufino Barrios Auyón declared the Central American Confederation to be restored by a decree of March 6, 1885 and appointed himself commander in chief of the Confederate Army. This meant that Barrios determined a common foreign policy.

Second term of office

He was elected to a second term, which began on November 30, 1887.

He had the opportunity to devote himself to education, the expansion of the capital with some buildings and the establishment of the Academia Científico - Literaria de Honduras , which represents economic and political stability. There were conflicts on the border with El Salvador because Honduras did not recognize the presidency of Carlos Ezeta . General Longino Sánchez was military governor of Tegucigalpa and attempted an uprising in 1890, which was suppressed.

From 1889 he was a shareholder in the Banco de Honduras, a bank that was founded by the trading and mining bourgeoisie of Honduras, especially Tegucigalpa.

Government cabinet

  • Secretary General: Rafael Ciriaco Alvarado Manzano.
  • Minister for Government and Justice: Crescencio Gómez.
  • Foreign Minister: Jerónimo Zelaya Leiva.
  • War and Navy Ministers: Ponciano Leiva Madrid / Carlos F. Alvarado.
  • Finance Minister: Abelardo Zelaya Izaguirre / Simeón Martínez.
  • Justice and Public Affairs Minister: Rafael Alvarado Manzano.
  • Minister of Education, Public Works and Agriculture: Francisco Planas Salvador.

Ejido

Unusually for a promoter of coffee cultivation, he campaigned for ejido .

After his presidency in 1892 he became a coffee farmer.

In 1892 he made a trip to New York and met Dr. Ferdinand C. Valentine.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Darío Aquiles Euraque, Reinterpreting the Region and State in Banana Republic Honduras, 1870-1972 , UNC Press, 1996, p. 27.
  2. ^ New York Times , September 16, 1887, re-election municipal autonomy
  3. ↑ Darío Aquiles Euraque, p.12
  4. ↑ Darío A Euraque, p.11
  5. ^ New York Times , September 3, 1892, HE LAYS THE REPORT OF HIS DEATH TO HIS POLITICAL ENEMIES arrived in New York
predecessor Office successor
Marco Aurelio Soto President of Honduras
May 9, 1883 to November 30, 1891 		Pariano Leiva
personal data
SURNAME Bográn Barahona, Luis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Honduran President (1883-1891)
DATE OF BIRTH June 3, 1849
PLACE OF BIRTH Santa Barbara, Santa Bárbara Department (Honduras)
DATE OF DEATH July 9, 1895
Place of death Guatemala City