Pedro de Aycinena y Piñol

Pedro Alcántara de Aycinena y Piñol (born  October 19, 1802 , †  March 14, 1897 in Guatemala City ) was Guatemalan President for a short time .

Life

Pedro de Aycinena came from one of the most colorful and influential families of late colonial and early independent Guatemala. His grandfather was Juan Fermín de Aycinena e Irigoyén , 1st Marqués de Aycinena, the founder and owner of the largest trading house and richest man in Central America. His eldest brother, Titular Bishop Dr. Juan José de Aycinena y Piñol , 3rd Marqués de Aycinena, was probably the most influential figure within the Catholic Church and the Conservative Party of Guatemala in the first decades after independence. Aycinena was married to his cousin María Dolores de Aycinena y Micheo . His eldest son was the poetJuan Fermín de Aycinena y Aycinena .

Pedro de Aycinena studied law at the Universidad San Carlos de Guatemala and worked as a lawyer and notary in Guatemala City from 1823. In keeping with family tradition, he was politically active in the conservative party. He was Foreign Minister in the government of General Rafael Carrera . In this capacity he signed a treaty (Aycinena Wyke Treaty) with the British Ambassador Charles Lennox Wyke on April 30, 1859, through which Guatemala recognized the sovereignty of Great Britain over British Honduras (today's Belize) and established the borders.

After Carrera's death on April 14, 1865, the State Council appointed Aycinena as transitional president until a successor was elected. On May 24, 1865 he handed over the official business to the newly elected President Vicente Cerna Sandoval .

Web links

• Pedro de Aycinena on the homepage of the Guatemalan government

literature

• Hector Gaitán A .: Los Presidentes de Guatemala. Artemis & Edinter, Guatemala 1992, ISBN 84-89452-25-3

predecessor	Office	successor
José Rafael Carrera Turcios	Presidents of Guatemala April 14, 1865 - May 3, 1865	Vicente Cerna Sandoval