20 Facts About Eusebio Ayala

Eusebio Ayala Bordenave was a Paraguayan politician who served as the 28th President of Paraguay from 7 November 1921 to 12 April 1923 and again from 15 August 1932 to 17 February 1936.

In February of 1936 Eusebio Ayala was overthrown by Colonel Rafael Franco.

Eusebio Ayala was born in Barrero Guasu, Cordillera Department, Paraguay, on August 14,1875; his parents were Abdon Bordenave and Casimira Eusebio Ayala, his mother an illiterate adolescent of 19.

Eusebio Ayala was able to enter the National College of Asuncion and received his bachelor's degree in 1896.

Eusebio Ayala then taught classes in schools, through which he could afford his expenses at the College of Law, National University, where he graduated as Doctor of Social Science and Law in 1904, defending a thesis on the national budget.

Eusebio Ayala was born in Tours, France, January 16,1889.

Eusebio Ayala had gotten married at very young age to a Parisian jeweler, but he suffered from a mental problem that drove him to suicide, leaving Marcelle a childless widow.

Eusebio Ayala was remembered, as the only Paraguayan of that era who gave a lecture in The Sorbonne, Paris, on the uti possidetis in French.

Eusebio Ayala was Minister of Finance of Paraguay in 1916 and in 1919.

Eusebio Ayala served as President of the Chamber of Deputies in 1909.

Eusebio Ayala joined the Liberal Party in 1908 and campaigned in the "radical" sector.

Eusebio Ayala was one of the founders of the Paraguayan Society of International Law and became a delegate of the International Financial Conference, held in Buenos Aires in 1916.

Eusebio Ayala became president again between August 15,1932 and February 17,1936.

Eusebio Ayala came into office just when the Chaco War with Bolivia was beginning.

Dr Eusebio Ayala visited the battlefront several times during the war, and the Paraguayan forces ultimately won despite being outmanned and under-equipped.

Eusebio Ayala was imprisoned and then exiled, relocating to Buenos Aires.

Eusebio Ayala resumed his professional activities by the year 1938.

Eusebio Ayala returned to Asuncion to do some work business, and took advantage of this opportunity to visit his sister.

On September 28,1992, the remains of Eusebio Ayala arrived on a special flight at Silvio Pettirossi international airport from Buenos Aires.

On September 29,1992, the remains of Dr Eusebio Ayala finally rested in his country, in the National Pantheon of the Heroes in Asuncion.