Jose Bonifacio Aquileo Elias Parra y Gomez de la Vega was a Colombian soldier, businessman and political figure.
12 Facts About Aquileo Parra
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Aquileo Parra was the President of Colombia between 1876 and 1878.
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Aquileo Parra was born in Barichara, Santander, on May 12,1825.
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Aquileo Parra died in Pacho, Cundinamarca, on December 4,1900.
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Aquileo Parra found a job making and selling hats, and he navigated the Magdalena River, calling on the ports of Magangue, Mompos and Puerto Berrio.
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Aquileo Parra eventually saved enough money to change jobs and became a politician.
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Aquileo Parra spent all his free time learning and studying, and he became an autodidact and highly educated.
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Aquileo Parra takes his first steps as a politician in the state of Santander as state senator and later, in 1875, elected as president of the same state.
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Aquileo Parra is elected MP assists to congress for several terms.
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Aquileo Parra served as minister of the treasury of President Manuel Murillo Toro and later, reappointed to the same position by President Santiago Perez de Manosalbas.
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Aquileo Parra served in the military and participated in the civil wars against presidents Jose Maria Melo, Mariano Ospina Rodriguez and the Granadine Confederation in 1861.
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Aquileo Parra was inaugurated as President of Colombia on April 1,1876.