Manuel de Ascásubi

Manuel de Ascásubi
Manuel de Ascásubi
Interim President of Ecuador
	In office; 15 October 1849 – 10 June 1850
Preceded by	Vicente Ramón Roca
Succeeded by	Diego Noboa
Vice President of Ecuador
	In office; 15 September 1847 – 16 October 1849
Preceded by	Pablo Merino
Succeeded by	Pacífico Chiriboga
	In office; 17 January 1869 – 10 August 1869
Preceded by	Pedro José de Arteta
Succeeded by	Francisco Javier León
Personal details
Born	Manuel de Ascázubi y Matheu; 30 December 1804; Quito, Spanish Empire (now Ecuador)
Died	25 December 1876 (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 1849[1] and in that capacity he was also interim President from 16 October 1849 to 10 June 1850.

Biography

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 four daughters.[2]

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

He was Minister of Finance twice in 1868.[3] 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.[4]

References

"Vicepresidentes en la historia" (PDF). www.vicepresidencia.gob.ec (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 November 2017.
Guamán Freire, Andrés (17 October 2011). "Familia del Prócer Juan de Salinas y Zenitagoya" (in Spanish).
Juan Maiguashca. "Historia y región en el Ecuador: 1830-1930". Flacso Ecuador.
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.

External links

Media related to Manuel de Ascásubi at Wikimedia Commons

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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[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).

[ecuhist-3] Juan Maiguashca. "Historia y región en el Ecuador: 1830-1930". Flacso Ecuador.

[4] 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.