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Manuel Benito de Castro
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| Governor President of the State of Cundinamarca and Viceregent of the King's Person | |
| In office August 19, 1812* – September 12, 1812 Co-leading with Luis de Ayala y Vergara
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| Monarch | Ferdinand VII |
| Preceded by | Antonio Nariño |
| Succeeded by | Antonio Nariño |
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| Born | January 21, 1751 Bogotá, Cundinamarca |
| Died | March 5, 1826 Bogotá, Cundinamarca |
| Political party | Centralist |
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Manuel Benito de Castro (1751–1826) was a Neogranadine politician. He became President of the State of Cundinamarca in 1812 in place of Antonio Nariño.
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Early life
Castro was born on January 21, 1751, in Santafé de Bogotá, the capital of the Viceroyalty of the New Granada. His father, also named Manuel Benito de Castro, was a rich man who had inherited his fortune when the Viceroy José Solís Folch de Cardona, became a monk, his mother was Teresa Díaz de Arcaya, also a rich woman, daughter of the Captain of the Cavalry of the Viceroyalty Guard.
Castro was a Jesuit novice when he was young, for this he was known a "Father Manuel".
Presidency
Castro was a pateador, a centralist, who believed that the government should be a centralized one, with the capital in Santafé de Bogotá, he was a supporter of Antonio Nariño, also a pateador, who included him in his cabinet. On June 25, 1812, Castro was left in charge of the Presidency of the State of Cundinamarca by Nariño, who went to Tunja to fight the Royalist forces in the South. He was officially elected President of the State on August 19, and served until September 12 when Nariño returned and assumed power again.
After the Spanish Reconquista of the New Granada, Pablo Morillo expelled Castro from Santafé de Bogotá and sent him to Tunja, leaving all his fortune behind. Castro eventually returned to Bogotá after the defeat of the Royalists, and died at the age of 75 in Bogotá on March 5, 1826.
See also
In Spanish: Manuel Benito de Castro para niños
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