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Joaquín Zavala

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Joaquín Zavala Solís
President of Nicaragua
In office
16 July 1893 – 25 July 1893
(Acting)
Preceded bySalvador Machado (Acting)
Succeeded byJosé Santos Zelaya
In office
1 March 1879 – 1 March 1883
Preceded byPedro Joaquín Chamorro Alfaro
Succeeded byAdán Cárdenas
Personal details
Born
Joaquín Zavala Solís

(1835-10-30)30 October 1835
Managua, Federal Republic of Central America
Died30 December 1906(1906-12-30) (aged 71)
Managua, Nicaragua
NationalityNicaraguan
Political partyConservative
OccupationPolitician

Joaquín Zavala Solís (30 November 1835 in Managua – 30 December 1906 in Managua) was the President of Nicaragua from 1 March 1879 to 1 March 1883 and from 16 July to 15 September 1893. He was a member of the Conservative Party of Nicaragua.[1]

He is now remembered especially for having thwarted the request of the young Rubén Darío, later to become one of the most well-known Spanish-language poets, for a government scholarship to study in Europe. In 1882 Darío, then 15 years old, read some of his poetry to a group including the President - whereupon Zavala reportedly reproved him: "My son, if you so write against the religion of your fathers and their homeland now, what will become of you if you go to Europe and learn worse things?"[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Gobernantes de Nicaragua". Ministerio de Educación. 9 December 2012. Archived from the original on 9 October 2012.
  2. ^ (in Spanish)Humberto C. Garza, Biografía de Rubén Darío, los-poetas.com. Accessed online 7 March 2007. "Hijo mío, si asi escribes ahora contra la religión de tus padres y de tu patria, que será si te vas a Europa a aprender cosas peores?"
Political offices
Preceded by President of Nicaragua
1879–1883
Succeeded by
Preceded by President of Nicaragua
1893
Succeeded by