Máximo Jerez Tellería (8 June 1818 in

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– 12 August 1881 in

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and

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. He is considered to be one of the greatest

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political thinkers in Nicaraguan history. He was a leader of the movement towards Central American unity. Wolfe, Justin. ''The Everyday Nation-State: Community & Ethnicity in Nineteenth-Century Nicaragua.'' Lincoln: The University of Nebraska Press, 2007.

Career

Together with Francisco Castellón Sanabria, he participated in bringing William Walker's filibusters to Nicaragua and on 31 October 1855 was designated Minister of Foreign Relations in Walker's provisional government, led officially by

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. He ran for the presidency in 1856, but no candidate obtained an absolute majority. By Walker's decision, provisional President Rivas summoned new elections on 10 March 1856, but countermanded the decree on 14 March, and broke relations with Walker. On 23 January 1857 Jerez formed a dual Junta government with the Conservative

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and they acted jointly as Presidents of Nicaragua, from 24 June 1857 to 19 October or 15 November 1857. In his subsequent career as Minister Plenipotentiary of Nicaragua to

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, he signed on 15 April 1858, the

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that defined the boundaries between the two countries. In 1876 he organized from

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an expedition to overthrow the provisional government of

Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Alfaro Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Alfaro (29 June 1818 in Granada – 7 June 1890 in Granada) was the President of Nicaragua from 1 March 1875 to 1 March 1879 and a member of the conservative dominant oligarchy Chamorro family. Background He was a son o ...

, but failed. In the city of León, there is a statue in his honor.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jerez, Maximo 1818 births 1881 deaths People from León, Nicaragua Government ministers of Nicaragua Nicaraguan diplomats Liberal Party (Nicaragua) politicians