Dionisio de Herrera
Politician
1781 – 1850
Who was Dionisio de Herrera?
José Dionisio de la Trinidad de Herrera y Díaz del Valle was a Liberal Honduran politician, head of state of Honduras from 1824 to 1827 and head of state of Nicaragua from 1830 to 1833. During his terms, Honduras and Nicaragua were states within the Federal Republic of Central America. Herrera was an uncle of the Liberal Central American general Francisco Morazán.
From a land-owning family, Herrera studied at the University of San Carlos of Guatemala, where he earned a law degree and came in contact with the liberal ideas of the French Revolution. He was a tutor of his nephew, General Morazán.
In 1820 he occupied his first public office, as secretary of the town government of Tegucigalpa. On 16 September 1824 he became the first head of state of Honduras, after the independence of Central America from Spain and from Mexico. Colonel José Justo Milla was his vice-head of state. During his term he decreed the first territorial subdivisions of Honduras, creating the departments of Comayagua, Tegucigalpa, Santa Bárbara, Yoro, Olancho and Choluteca. He also promulgated the first constitution of the country, on 11 December 1825.
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- Born
- Oct 9, 1781
Choluteca - Religion
- History of the term "Catholic"
- Catholicism
- Education
- Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala
- Died
- Jun 13, 1850
San Vicente
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on July 23, 2013
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