Malyarino, Manuel Maria

Manuel Malliarino was born in 1808 in Santiago de Cali , the viceroyalty of New Granada ; his parents were José Maria Maljarino y Vargas and Juana Maria de la Concepción Ibarguen. He graduated from the University of Cauca and in 1831 received a degree in law, later became a member of the Senate.

In 1846, President Thomas Cipriano de Mosquera appointed Malyrino Minister of External Relations. At the end of 1846, the Malyarino-Bidlack agreement was signed, in accordance with which the USA guaranteed the protection of the Isthmus of Panama in exchange for special rights on it.

After José Hilario Lopez became the president of the country in 1849 and began to implement the ideas of liberalism, Manuel Mallarino left the country and moved to Peru .

On April 17, 1854, General José Maria Melo carried out a military coup and arrested President New Granada. Vice-President José de Obaldiya managed to escape to the territory of the American embassy, ​​and then fled to Ibague , where he headed the government in exile. Manuel Malliarino returned to his homeland to fight dictatorship

On September 22, 1854, a congress gathering in Ibague declared the impeachment of the imprisoned ousted president Obando and formally stripped him of his power, leaving José de Obaldia to fulfill the duties of president before his term expires. The civil war ended with the capture of Bogota on December 4, 1854. On April 1, 1855, the term for the election of José de Oboldia ended, and Malyarino was elected the country's new vice president. Since the Constitution required the presidential and vice presidential elections to be separated by two years, Malyarino served as president of the country until 1857, when conservative candidate Mariano Ospina Rodriguez won the presidential election. In 1858, President Ospina made changes to the Constitution, in accordance with which the post of Vice-President was liquidated, and the Republic of New Granada was transformed into the Granada Confederation . Thus, when Malyarino completed his term as vice president in 1859, he no longer had a successor.

On April 1, 1861, in accordance with the Constitution of 1858, Bartolome Calvo , the country's inspector general, became President of the Granada Confederation, who appointed Malyarino as Minister of External Relations. However, there was a civil war in the country, which the government lost, so Malyarino stayed in the new post only until July 10.

In 1872, Malyarino was nominated for the presidency of the country, but lost the election.

• Manuel María Mallarino