José María Mariano Segundo de Urvina y Viteri (19 March 1808 – 4 September 1891) was
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of
Ecuador
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from 13 July 1851 to 16 October 1856. He was born in Quillan San Migelito (
Pillaro-
Tungurahua
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) on 19 March 1808.
Name spelling
The correct spelling of his name has been cause of confusion, since his banker son Francisco Urbina Jado wrote it "Urbina" instead of the original "Urvina".
Education and career
José María Urvina pursued his primary education in the village of his birth. He then attended the Navy School in
Guayaquil
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. He was notorious among his classmates from whom he obtained friendship and consideration.
His competence and courage in the
naval combat of Punta de Mapelo rose him above other members of the group. He was the aide-camp of
Juan José Flores
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. In his career he demonstrated his vocation, reaching the degree of General of the Republic.
Political life
*
Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies in 1849
*
Congressman for the province of Guayas
*
Governor
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of
Guayaquil
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*
Chargé d'Affairs of Ecuador in Bogota
* Supreme Chief from 17 July 1851 to 17 July 1852
* Elaboration of the sixth National Constitution.
* President of
Ecuador
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from 1852 to 1856
* Abolishment of Indian and black slavery in
Ecuador
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, on 25 September 1852.
References
JOSE MARIA URBINA VITERI diccionariobiograficoecuador.com
Official Website of the Ecuadorian Government about the country President's History* http://www.enciclopediadelecuador.com
1808 births
1891 deaths
People from Píllaro Canton
Ecuadorian people of Basque descent
Presidents of Ecuador
Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies of Ecuador
Members of the National Congress (Ecuador)
Ecuadorian military personnel
19th-century Ecuadorian people
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