Carlos Cueva Tamaríz
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Carlos Cueva Tamariz was an Ecuador
ian politician, lawyer and university professor.
. His father was a journalist and politician that later worked at the Azuay Province
's Government and at the City Hall of Cuenca.
The family moved to Milagro
when he was three, where his father worked as book keeper. 1904 the family returned to Cuenca and Cueva was educated at the catholic
elementary school "San José de los HH.CC." Later he went to the "Colegio Seminario" High School
until it closed on 1912. Finally, on 1916 he graduated from High School at the "Benigno Malo" after attending one year with a scholarship the Agriculture School of Córdoba.
Cueva attended the University of Cuenca
, where he graduated as a lawyer on 1922. As a student, he presided the first Federación de Estudantes Universitarios, the Ecuadorian University Students Association.
His first political function was as Councillor
of Cuenca, an office he would had many times in the future. 1924 he was elected as a Congressman for the Azuay Province. 1925 we was elected for a second period as a Councillor of Cuenca and on the same year we was appointed school principal of his old high school. Three years later he changed as a Director to the Board of Education of Azuay until 1932.
There was a calling for elections for a new constitution on 1928 and Cueva Tamaríz won a sit at the Constitutional Convention 1929.
He was elected as a Congressman on 1931 for the third time and 1932 he co-founded the Ecuadorian Socialist Party. The same year Cueva was appointed Secretary of the Interior under President Luis Larrea Alba
, but he rejected to continue in charge under President Alfredo Baquerizo
that followed him. He was nevertheless reelected as Director of the Educational Board of Azuay on the same year.
Cueva was appointed a professor at his alma mater
on 1935, where he teach Law History and Labour Law. Three years later we was elected as a Congressman for the fourth time after he rejected being proposed as President of Ecuador for the Socialist Party. The reason was that Cueva thought that a Socialist President would be overthrown and there would be again a dictatorship
in the country.
1943 he left the Socialist Party and became a member of the Acción Democrática Ecuatoriana Party. One year later he was elected as a Congressman for the fifth time and as such he directed the Constitutional Convention of 1945. He wrote Article 148 about worker's rights. The same year he was appointed Rector
of the University of Cuenca.
As Councillor of Cuenca he did on 1945 the telephone wiring in Cuenca and the next year he founded the Casa de la Cultura
Núcleo del Azuay, which he also directed until 1970.
He was Secretary of Education under President Galo Plaza Lasso in 1951 and 1964 he was a member of the Ecuadorian Delegation to the United Nations General Assembly. Two years later we was again proposed as President of Ecuador, but he rejected it again and Clemente Yerovi was then elected. 1966 he won a sit at the elections for the Constitutional Convention of 1966 and a year later we was appointed as Ambassador
of Ecuador at the United Nations. 1975 he was appointed again rector of the University of Cuenca and was 1979 honored with an appointment for life.
, Juan, Cecilia, Alicia, Beatriz y María. His daughter-in-law was the prima ballerina
Noralma Vera Arrata
. His grandson Fernando Cordero Cueva
was mayor of Cuenca (1996–2004), dean at the University of Cuenca, congressman and is the current president of the Ecuadorian National Assembly (2011). His grandson Juan Martín Cueva
is an award-winning documentary film director.
Ecuador
Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...
ian politician, lawyer and university professor.
Early life
Carlos Cueva was born on November 5, 1898 the first son of Agustín Cueva Muñoz and his wife Domitila Tamariz Larrea in CuencaCuenca, Ecuador
Cuenca is the capital of the Azuay Province. It is located in the highlands of Ecuador at about 2500 m above sea level...
. His father was a journalist and politician that later worked at the Azuay Province
Azuay Province
Azuay is a province of Ecuador, created 25 June 1824. It encompasses an area of . Its capital is Cuenca. It is located in the south center of Ecuador in the highlands. Its mountains reach above sea level in the national park of El Cajas....
's Government and at the City Hall of Cuenca.
The family moved to Milagro
Milagro, Ecuador
Milagro is a city located in Guayas, Ecuador. It is the seat of Milagro Canton.Milagro is the second largest city in the province of Guayas. As of the census of 2007, there were 180,103 people residing within the canton limits. Milagro is known for its impressive progress in agriculture,...
when he was three, where his father worked as book keeper. 1904 the family returned to Cuenca and Cueva was educated at the catholic
Catholicism
Catholicism is a broad term for the body of the Catholic faith, its theologies and doctrines, its liturgical, ethical, spiritual, and behavioral characteristics, as well as a religious people as a whole....
elementary school "San José de los HH.CC." Later he went to the "Colegio Seminario" High School
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
until it closed on 1912. Finally, on 1916 he graduated from High School at the "Benigno Malo" after attending one year with a scholarship the Agriculture School of Córdoba.
Cueva attended the University of Cuenca
University of Cuenca
University of Cuenca is an Ecuadoran university located in Cuenca. University of Cuenca is the principal university of Azuay Province. The university was founded in 1867....
, where he graduated as a lawyer on 1922. As a student, he presided the first Federación de Estudantes Universitarios, the Ecuadorian University Students Association.
Political and academic life
Cueva was appointed on 1917, still being a college stundent, as a teacher at the elementary school "Luis Cordero". This was very important for him, then his father had died and he had to support his younger brothers.His first political function was as Councillor
Councillor
A councillor or councilor is a member of a local government council, such as a city council.Often in the United States, the title is councilman or councilwoman.-United Kingdom:...
of Cuenca, an office he would had many times in the future. 1924 he was elected as a Congressman for the Azuay Province. 1925 we was elected for a second period as a Councillor of Cuenca and on the same year we was appointed school principal of his old high school. Three years later he changed as a Director to the Board of Education of Azuay until 1932.
There was a calling for elections for a new constitution on 1928 and Cueva Tamaríz won a sit at the Constitutional Convention 1929.
He was elected as a Congressman on 1931 for the third time and 1932 he co-founded the Ecuadorian Socialist Party. The same year Cueva was appointed Secretary of the Interior under President Luis Larrea Alba
Luis Larrea Alba
Luis Alberto Larrea Alba was acting President of Ecuador in from August to October 1931.-External links:*...
, but he rejected to continue in charge under President Alfredo Baquerizo
Alfredo Baquerizo
Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno was Ecuadorian politician. He served as Vice President of Ecuador of Leónidas Plaza and Lizardo García from 1903 to 1906 and as President of Ecuador three times in 1912, 1916–1920 and 1931-1932. He was a member of the Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party.-External links:*...
that followed him. He was nevertheless reelected as Director of the Educational Board of Azuay on the same year.
Cueva was appointed a professor at his alma mater
Alma mater
Alma mater , pronounced ), was used in ancient Rome as a title for various mother goddesses, especially Ceres or Cybele, and in Christianity for the Virgin Mary.-General term:...
on 1935, where he teach Law History and Labour Law. Three years later we was elected as a Congressman for the fourth time after he rejected being proposed as President of Ecuador for the Socialist Party. The reason was that Cueva thought that a Socialist President would be overthrown and there would be again a dictatorship
Dictatorship
A dictatorship is defined as an autocratic form of government in which the government is ruled by an individual, the dictator. It has three possible meanings:...
in the country.
1943 he left the Socialist Party and became a member of the Acción Democrática Ecuatoriana Party. One year later he was elected as a Congressman for the fifth time and as such he directed the Constitutional Convention of 1945. He wrote Article 148 about worker's rights. The same year he was appointed Rector
Rector
The word rector has a number of different meanings; it is widely used to refer to an academic, religious or political administrator...
of the University of Cuenca.
As Councillor of Cuenca he did on 1945 the telephone wiring in Cuenca and the next year he founded the Casa de la Cultura
Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana
La Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana is a cultural organization founded by Benjamín Carrión on August 9, 1944, during the presidency of Dr Jose Maria Velasco Ibarra. It was created to stimulate, to direct and to coordinate the development of an authentic national culture. It maintains several...
Núcleo del Azuay, which he also directed until 1970.
He was Secretary of Education under President Galo Plaza Lasso in 1951 and 1964 he was a member of the Ecuadorian Delegation to the United Nations General Assembly. Two years later we was again proposed as President of Ecuador, but he rejected it again and Clemente Yerovi was then elected. 1966 he won a sit at the elections for the Constitutional Convention of 1966 and a year later we was appointed as Ambassador
Ambassador
An ambassador is the highest ranking diplomat who represents a nation and is usually accredited to a foreign sovereign or government, or to an international organization....
of Ecuador at the United Nations. 1975 he was appointed again rector of the University of Cuenca and was 1979 honored with an appointment for life.
Personal life
He married Rosa Esther Jaramillo Montesinos in 1922, a native of Cuenca as well. They became seven children: Mariano, PatricioPatricio Cueva Jaramillo
Patricio Cueva Jaramillo was a Latin American painter and journalist.Cueva was born in Cuenca. He was the second son of Carlos Cueva Tamaríz and his wife Rosa Esther Jaramillo Montesinos. Cueva's family was middle-class; nevertheless his father was a distinguished politician and professor at the...
, Juan, Cecilia, Alicia, Beatriz y María. His daughter-in-law was the prima ballerina
Ballerina
A ballerina is a title used to describe a principal female professional ballet dancer in a large company; the male equivalent to this title is danseur or ballerino...
Noralma Vera Arrata
Noralma Vera Arrata
Noralma Vera Arrata is a former Ecuadorian prima ballerina and choreographer.Vera Arrata was born in Guayaquil, Ecuador where she grew up as the only daughter among three sons of the distinguished politician and former Culture minister Alfredo Vera Vera and his wife, Baltita Arrata Macias.She...
. His grandson Fernando Cordero Cueva
Fernando Cordero Cueva
Fernando Cordero Cueva is an Ecuadorian politician and architect. He is the former mayor of Cuenca, Ecuador, former Member of the Ecuadorian Congress and former President of the Ecuadorian Constituent Assembly 2007. He is also publicly known as "Corcho" Cordero.Cordero was born 1952 in Cuenca the...
was mayor of Cuenca (1996–2004), dean at the University of Cuenca, congressman and is the current president of the Ecuadorian National Assembly (2011). His grandson Juan Martín Cueva
Juan Martín Cueva
Juan Martín Cueva Armijos is an Ecuadorian documentary film director and the director of the Filmfestival "Cero Latitud" in Quito...
is an award-winning documentary film director.
Trivia
- There were three services after his dead (Universidad de Cuenca, Casa de la CulturaCasa de la Cultura EcuatorianaLa Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana is a cultural organization founded by Benjamín Carrión on August 9, 1944, during the presidency of Dr Jose Maria Velasco Ibarra. It was created to stimulate, to direct and to coordinate the development of an authentic national culture. It maintains several...
Núcleo del Azuay and City Hall) because of the prestige he had among the people. - He was part of all Constitutional Conventions in Ecuador between 1928 and 1967.
- He donated his personal library to the University of Cuenca.
- The theater of the city of Cuenca is named after him, also a main avenue and a monument in the same city.
- In GuayaquilGuayaquilGuayaquil , officially Santiago de Guayaquil , is the largest and the most populous city in Ecuador,with about 2.3 million inhabitants in the city and nearly 3.1 million in the metropolitan area, as well as that nation's main port...
the Carlos Cueva Tamariz road is in UrdesaUrdesa-History:thumb|140px|left|French food restaurant in the neighborhoodThe name Urdesa comes from Urbanización del Salado which means neighborhood by the estuary. The quarter was born as an urbanism project north to the city for the middle and upper class around 1956...
Central - His son Juan, also a diplomat, was also Ambassador of Ecuador at a United Nations Organization, the UnescoUNESCOThe United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations...
. - There are two schools named after him in Guayas ProvinceGuayas ProvinceGuayas is a coastal province in Ecuador. It is bordered to the west by Manabí, Santa Elena, and the Pacific Ocean ; to the east by Los Ríos, Bolívar, Chimborazo, Cañar, and Azuay; to the north by Los Ríos and Bolívar; and to the south by El Oro and the Pacific Ocean.With a population of over 3...
and Azuay ProvinceAzuay ProvinceAzuay is a province of Ecuador, created 25 June 1824. It encompasses an area of . Its capital is Cuenca. It is located in the south center of Ecuador in the highlands. Its mountains reach above sea level in the national park of El Cajas....
. - The University of Cuenca published the book A cien años de su nacimiento on 1998.
- Ecuador published a postage stamp on his honor on 1998.
Publications
- Essay (1936): Alrededor de la situación internacional
- Book (1954): Jurisprudencia ecuatoriana del trabajo
- Essay (1964): El Estado patrono
- Anthology (1964): En torno a la Universidad