- Policarpo Bonilla
Infobox President |
name = Policarpo Bonilla
order =
term start =February 22 ,1894
term end =February 1 ,1899
date of birth =March 17 ,1858
place of birth =Tegucigalpa
date of death = 1928
place of death =Policarpo Bonilla Vasquez (1858 - 1928) was
Provisional President of Honduras betweenDecember 24 ,1893 untilFebruary 1 ,1895 .President of Honduras betweenFebruary 22 ,1895 untilFebruary 1 ,1899 .Biography
He was born on
March 17 ,1858 inTegucigalpa ,Honduras , his paents were Inocete Bonilla and Juana Vasquez. He became alawyer onMarch 17 ,1878 , held posts in the government ofMarco Aurelio Soto .OnOctober 31 ,1890 he created a newspaper "El Bien Publico". In November of 1891 Bonilla was a candidate for president of Honduras, but lost toPonciano Leiva . [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=1kcoAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA336&lpg=PA336&dq=Ponciano+Leiva&source=web&ots=vUZLP3ejHt&sig=afk9Mmk_PPg2eWVI1iLpbGsXjHM&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=8&ct=result "Appleton's Annual Cyclopedia", p. 336] ]In February 1893 he was he founder of the Liberal Party of Honduras, the oldest and stronger liberal Party in Latin America. He became a Deputy in the National Congress, and was also the Governor of
Tegucigalpa . He was described as "the hero who, by transforming Honduras, gave it a new conscience".Rafael Heliodoro Valle.In 1919 he was the delegate for Honduras to the Peace Conference of Versailles. He died in 1928 in New Orleans, Louisiana .ources
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