Marcos Morínigo


Marcos Antonio Morínigo Fleytas was a Paraguayan politician who served as President of Paraguay in 1894.
He was born in 1848 in Quyquyho. In 1881, he was elected for his first term in the Chamber of Deputies, a post he held for more than nine years. In 1887, Morinigo participated in founding the Colorado Party and was elected Vice President of Paraguay in 1890. After González was sacked, he became president on June 8, 1894, until the legal end of the term. Morinigo was elected senator in 1895. He died 1901 in Asunción.