Pedro de Aycinena y Piñol

Pedro Alcántara de Aycinena y Piñol (* October 19, 1802, † March 14, 1897 in Guatemala City ) was briefly Guatemalan President.

Life

Pedro de Aycinena came from one of the most colorful and most influential families of the late colonial and early independent Guatemala. His grandfather was Juan Fermín de Aycinena e Irigoyen, 1st Marqués de Aycinena, the founder and owner of the largest trading house and richest man in Central America. His eldest brother, the titular Dr. Juan José de Aycinena y Piñol, 3rd Marqués de Aycinena, was the most influential personality within the Catholic Church and the Conservative Party of Guatemala in the early decades after independence. Aycinena was married to his cousin María Dolores de Aycinena y Micheo. His eldest son was the poet Juan 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. Politically, he was involved, according to the family tradition in the Conservative Party. In the government of General Rafael Carrera, he was foreign minister. In this capacity, he signed on 30 April 1859, the British Ambassador Charles Lennox Wyke a contract ( Aycinena - Wyke Treaty), by Guatemala to the sovereignty of Great Britain over British Honduras (present-day Belize) recognized and established its borders.

After the death Carreras on April 14, 1865, the State Council Aycinena appointed interim president until the election of a successor. On 24 May 1865 he gave up office the newly elected President Vicente Cerna Sandoval.