Miguel Paz Barahona

Miguel Paz Barahona ( born December 4, 1863 in Pinalejo, Santa Barbara, † November 11, 1937 in San Pedro Sula ) was from 1 February 1925 to February 1, 1929 President of Honduras.

Life

His parents were Isabel Barahona Leiva and Desiderio Paz He studied medicine and surgery at the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala. In 1891 he married Mariana Castro Leiva en Santa Cruz Yojoa. In the Cabinet of his brother Francisco Bogran, 1919-1920, he was Minister of Development.

Miguel Paz Barahona was 1823 Chairman of the Partido Nacional de Honduras.

In the election in October 1823 Miguel Paz Barahona had been promised by the candidate General Tiburcio Carias Andino of PNH that he would in the case of his presidency, Paz appoint as deputy. Paz Barahona in 1923, 1924 Advisor Carias.

Presidency

Miguel Paz Barahona was the presidential election of 1924 President, the Partido Liberal de Honduras had no Präsidentschaftskandaten nominated. Tiburcio Carias Andino During his presidency was the ruler.

The national debt of the project which the Ferrocarril Interoceanico the United Kingdom under the government of José María Medina in 1867, had accrued in 1869 and 1870 was repaid by the Contrato Alcerro -King. According to the economist Arthur Young, the debt totaled by default and Zinse the early 1920s to $ 27,724,682.

He recanted financial commitments of his predecessors governments to the banana companies. During his presidency of banana exports from the north coast boomed. Honduras rose to the strongest export banana producers in the world. Through an export tax and the state was involved.

Paz Barahona decreed an amnesty for crimes during the civil war of 1923/1924, the exiles return was promised. Journalists and critics of the USA were persecuted. Froilán Turcios was being followed.

In the presidential elections in 1928 Vicente Mejia Colindres the opposition Partido Liberal de Honduras was chosen. The candidate of the Partido Nacional de Honduras was Tiburcio Carias Andino.

Cabinet

  • Deputy Presentación Quezada, attorney for the United Fruit Company
  • Government, Minister for Administration of Justice and Health: Juan Manuel Gálvez, Cecilio Colindres Zepeda, José María Casco.
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Honduras): Salvador Aguirre, Fausto Davila.
  • War and Air Ministry: Francisco Martínez Funez, Vicente Tosta Carrasco.
  • Finance Minister: Ramón Alcerro - Castro, Octavio R. Ugarte, Federico Boquin B.
  • Inside Justice ministerial: Antonio C. Rivera, Presentación Centeno.
  • Minister of Development, Agriculture and Labour: Rafael Díaz Chávez, MR Moncada.

He was a member and chairman of the parliament from May to June 1934.

He lived many years in San Pedro Sula and worked as a doctor.

In 1936, he publicly came against the Tiburcio Carias Andino sought by constitutional amendment for re-election by Carias.

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