Marcos Antonio Morínigo Fleytas (8 October 1848 – 13 July 1901) was a

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an politician who served as

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in 1894. He was born in 1848 in Quyquyho (

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). In 1881, he was elected for his first term in the Chamber of Deputies, a post he held for more than nine years. In 1887, Morinigo participated in founding the Colorado Party and was elected

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in 1890 (alongside President

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). After González was sacked, he became president on June 8, 1894, until the legal end of the term (November 25, 1894). Morinigo was elected senator in 1895. He died 1901 in

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