Juan María Villatoro Medrano

Juan María Villatoro Medrano was a Salvadoran congressman, attorney at law and notary.

Juan María Villatoro Medrano
Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador
In office
1888–1889
Preceded byJosé Valle Rodríguez
Succeeded byJosé Rocas Pacas Pineda
Magistrate of the Supreme Court of Justice of El Salvador
In office
1883–1884
Serving with José Trigueros
Preceded byCruz Ulloa
Succeeded byAntonio Ruiz
Personal details
Born(1847-06-24)June 24, 1847
El Sauce, La Unión, El Salvador
DiedDecember 2, 1924(1924-12-02) (aged 77)
San Salvador, El Salvador
Spouse(s)María de la Luz Aurora Rugama y Tomé
and Fidelina Lima
Parent(s)Eustaquio Villatoro,
Marcela Medrano
RelativesRicardo Armando Novoa Arciniegas
Alma materUniversity of El Salvador
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Early life

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Juan María Villatoro Medrano was born June 24, 1847 in Hacienda Peñagorda, located in El Sauce, La Unión, El Salvador, his father was Eustaquio Villatoro Rubio of Castile and Leon ascendance and his mother Marcela Medrano[1] Fuentes of Basque ascendance. Juan María married María de la Luz Aurora Rugama Tomé from Honduras in March 1873, in San Salvador, El Salvador. They had nine children, his father, Eustaquio Villatoro Rubio; was the Mayor in 1856 of El Sauce, La Union, El Salvador.[2] Juan María died on December 2, 1924, in San Salvador, San Salvador, El Salvador, at the age of 77.[3]

Political career

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Villatoro Medrano started his political career as congressman in 1868. Juan María Villatoro Medrano was congressman again of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador in 1888.[4][dubiousdiscuss]

Between 1869 and 1888 he was a deputy of the Ordinary Legislatures.[1]

He was a deputy during the Constitutional Assemblies of 1871 and 1872-1873; and in 1883, where he was a secretary to the board of directors. In August 1876, he served as 2nd Judge of San Miguel, and served as a substitute magistrate of the Court of Casación, and a Magistrate of the Supreme Court of Justice of El Salvador (Dec. 1883, Jan. 1886 and in 1905) and Judge of San Miguel in September 1886.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Zepeda Peña, Ciro Cruz (2006). "Historia del Órgano Legislativo de la República de El Salvador" [History of the Legislative Organ of the Republic of El Salvador, page 90] (PDF) (in Spanish) (III ed.). Legislative Assembly of El Salvador. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  2. ^ Llanes, Fernando Antonio (1965). Monografía del Departamento de la Unión. San Salvador, El Salvador.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ^ Justicia, El Salvador Corte Suprema de (1924). Revista judicial: publicacion quincenal de la Corte Suprema de Justicia (in Spanish). Imprenta Nacional.
  4. ^ "Diario Oficial (12 February 1901 Issue)" (PDF). Diario Oficial (in Spanish). San Salvador, El Salvador. p. 42.