José Pedro Montero
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José Pedro Montero De Candia was a President of Paraguay that governed between 1919 and 1920.
, in a neighborhood called Villa Aurelia, southeast from the Recoleta, on August 1, 1878. He was married with Andrea Campos Cervera. He studied in the Colegio Nacional de la Capital (Capital's National School) with his friend Pastor Ibáñez.
He finished school in 1896 and then moved to Buenos Aires
, Argentina
, where he studied medicine and became a pediatrician MD. He graduated in 1904 and that same year he presented a thesis about "The proof of the chloride" and like that he started his professional career. He was an eloquent speaker and a talented writer.
, he was Director of the Hospital de Clínicas and the Maternity too, also a substitute professor of Pediatric. In 1901 he was appointed Paraguay
's delegate in the Pan-American Congress that was celebrated in Buenos Aires
. In 1906 he was official delegate from Paraguay
to the 4th Medical Congress in Montevideo
, Uruguay
. From 1905 to 1908 he received a scholarship from the Faculty of Medicine and was professor of the same institution. After that he went back to the active politic, after the events of July 2, 1908. He later became member of the Educational Superior Council and Director of the Public Assistant and founded the maternity services, drugstore, chemicals and bacteriological and the urgency services. In 1910 he started his journey in politics by obtaining a position as a member of the Parliament, but after Gondra
was overthrown, he left the country.
In 1911, after the renounce of the President Manuel Gondra
, Montero went to Argentina
and was an active member of the movement organized by the Partido Liberal Radical (Radical Liberal Party) in 1912. Later in the same year, he was part of the Revolutionary Committee of Pilar. He died on June 7, 1927 and by municipal disposition No. 1766 from June 23 of the same year, the old avenue of the hospital was named after him.
, after the dead of Manuel Franco
, since June 6, 1919 until August 1920. When finished the World War II, the government of Montero was attacked by the economical crisis that had expanded through the entire region. This crisis affected mostly to the middle and lower classes. It came to the point where the salaries didn’t were paid during three months.
His cabinet was composed by Eusebio Ayala
in Foreign Relations, Luis Alberto Riart
in the Department of the Interior, Manuel Peña in the Treasury Department, Félix Paiva
in the Justice and Culture Department, and Commander Adolfo Chirife in War and Navy.
During his government some forts were founded in Chaco
, it was acquired the Caballero State, the municipal constitutional law was modified, the colony Nueva Colombia
was founded, the project for postal charges to United States was approved, Paraguay
was invited to participate in the International Rural Congress of Peoria (Illinois
, USA). The Ministry of Public Works started to promote the acquisitions of small properties in the entire territory of the country.
It was also made the division of pieces of land and the colonization of the fiscal lands, there were processed more than five thousand files related to buying of farming lands and were drawn up more 154 titles of property. In 1919 more than 100.000 pesos were used for building schools in the interior of the country, the agreement about the arbitrage with Uruguay
and Eladio Velázquez was appointed member of the Supreme Court.
In April 1920 the Feminist Center of Paraguay was founded, several schools were also created and the Fortin Dorado in Chaco
is settled. On August 15 of the same year, Montero passed the Presidency to Manuel Gondra
. Also that year, the commercial agreement with Japan was signed, the law of trial and dismissal of magistrates; sanitary zones in Asunción
, Villarica
and Caacupé
and was created the regulations for the Army.
Some designations were made in the intellectual and artistic field. The people who received this honor were: Narciso R. Colmán, Juan F. Bazán, Arturo Alsina, Juan Sorazábal, Rufo Galeano, José Concepción Ortiz and Eudoro Acosta Flores. Here is important to mention the hiring of the Brazilian Doctor Edgar Roquette Pinto and the retiring of Juan E. O'Leary in the Colegio Nacional and the Escuela Normal.
One of the biggest concerns of Montero was the problem with the land. In 1919 were founded Nueva Colombia
, in Altos
, with 6,122 hectares and Santiago, in General Delgado
, with 1909 hectares. In 1920, Curupaity was founded in Barrero Grande, with a total of 1,111 hectares.
The education suffered some inconvenient and on July 25, 1919 started the execution of the plan for the educational reform in the schools of the capital and Villarrica
, the process lasted four years. On September 22 of the same year the plan was also adopted for high school education.
. He occupied the position until he joined Manuel Franco
, as companion for the upcoming presidential elections for the period 1916-1920.
His life
He was born in AsunciónAsunción
Asunción is the capital and largest city of Paraguay.The "Ciudad de Asunción" is an autonomous capital district not part of any department. The metropolitan area, called Gran Asunción, includes the cities of San Lorenzo, Fernando de la Mora, Lambaré, Luque, Mariano Roque Alonso, Ñemby, San...
, in a neighborhood called Villa Aurelia, southeast from the Recoleta, on August 1, 1878. He was married with Andrea Campos Cervera. He studied in the Colegio Nacional de la Capital (Capital's National School) with his friend Pastor Ibáñez.
He finished school in 1896 and then moved to Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
, Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
, where he studied medicine and became a pediatrician MD. He graduated in 1904 and that same year he presented a thesis about "The proof of the chloride" and like that he started his professional career. He was an eloquent speaker and a talented writer.
His job as a doctor
Back in ParaguayParaguay
Paraguay , officially the Republic of Paraguay , is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest. Paraguay lies on both banks of the Paraguay River, which runs through the center of the...
, he was Director of the Hospital de Clínicas and the Maternity too, also a substitute professor of Pediatric. In 1901 he was appointed Paraguay
Paraguay
Paraguay , officially the Republic of Paraguay , is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest. Paraguay lies on both banks of the Paraguay River, which runs through the center of the...
's delegate in the Pan-American Congress that was celebrated in Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
. In 1906 he was official delegate from Paraguay
Paraguay
Paraguay , officially the Republic of Paraguay , is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest. Paraguay lies on both banks of the Paraguay River, which runs through the center of the...
to the 4th Medical Congress in Montevideo
Montevideo
Montevideo is the largest city, the capital, and the chief port of Uruguay. The settlement was established in 1726 by Bruno Mauricio de Zabala, as a strategic move amidst a Spanish-Portuguese dispute over the platine region, and as a counter to the Portuguese colony at Colonia del Sacramento...
, Uruguay
Uruguay
Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...
. From 1905 to 1908 he received a scholarship from the Faculty of Medicine and was professor of the same institution. After that he went back to the active politic, after the events of July 2, 1908. He later became member of the Educational Superior Council and Director of the Public Assistant and founded the maternity services, drugstore, chemicals and bacteriological and the urgency services. In 1910 he started his journey in politics by obtaining a position as a member of the Parliament, but after Gondra
Manuel Gondra
Manuel Gondra Pereira was President of Paraguay from November 25, 1910 to January 11, 1911 and from August 15, 1920 to October 31, 1921. He was also an author and a member of the Liberal Party....
was overthrown, he left the country.
In 1911, after the renounce of the President Manuel Gondra
Manuel Gondra
Manuel Gondra Pereira was President of Paraguay from November 25, 1910 to January 11, 1911 and from August 15, 1920 to October 31, 1921. He was also an author and a member of the Liberal Party....
, Montero went to Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
and was an active member of the movement organized by the Partido Liberal Radical (Radical Liberal Party) in 1912. Later in the same year, he was part of the Revolutionary Committee of Pilar. He died on June 7, 1927 and by municipal disposition No. 1766 from June 23 of the same year, the old avenue of the hospital was named after him.
His government
He assumed the first magistracy, in his character of Vice PresidentVice President of Paraguay
Vice President of Paraguay is the second highest political position in Paraguay. According to the current constitution, the vice president is elected in the same ticket as the president....
, after the dead of Manuel Franco
Manuel Franco
Manuel Franco was President of Paraguay. He was a model citizen and illustrious teacher.-Childhood and Youth:Doctor Manuel Franco was born in Concepción on June 9, 1871 in times of the government of Cirilo Antonio Rivarola...
, since June 6, 1919 until August 1920. When finished the World War II, the government of Montero was attacked by the economical crisis that had expanded through the entire region. This crisis affected mostly to the middle and lower classes. It came to the point where the salaries didn’t were paid during three months.
His cabinet was composed by Eusebio Ayala
Eusebio Ayala
Eusebio Ayala was President of Paraguay from 7 November 1921 to 12 April 1923 and again from 15 August 1932 to 17 February 1936. He was a member of the Liberal Party. He was overthrown by Rafael Franco.- His Life :...
in Foreign Relations, Luis Alberto Riart
Luis Alberto Riart
For the Paraguayan Minister of Education and Culture, see Luis Alberto RiartLuis Alberto Riart was Paraguayan politician and President of Paraguay from 17 March 1924 until 15 August 1924.-His Government:...
in the Department of the Interior, Manuel Peña in the Treasury Department, Félix Paiva
Félix Paiva
Félix Paiva was Paraguayan politician from the Liberal Party.He studied law and worked as university teacher, rector of the University and president of the Supreme Court...
in the Justice and Culture Department, and Commander Adolfo Chirife in War and Navy.
During his government some forts were founded in Chaco
Gran Chaco
The Gran Chaco is a sparsely populated, hot and semi-arid lowland region of the Río de la Plata basin, divided among eastern Bolivia, Paraguay, northern Argentina and a portion of the Brazilian states of Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul, where it is connected with the Pantanal region...
, it was acquired the Caballero State, the municipal constitutional law was modified, the colony Nueva Colombia
Nueva Colombia
Nueva Colombia is a distrito in the Cordillera Department of Paraguay, located on the road between Emboscada and San Bernardino. Its stands 160 metres above sea level....
was founded, the project for postal charges to United States was approved, Paraguay
Paraguay
Paraguay , officially the Republic of Paraguay , is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest. Paraguay lies on both banks of the Paraguay River, which runs through the center of the...
was invited to participate in the International Rural Congress of Peoria (Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
, USA). The Ministry of Public Works started to promote the acquisitions of small properties in the entire territory of the country.
It was also made the division of pieces of land and the colonization of the fiscal lands, there were processed more than five thousand files related to buying of farming lands and were drawn up more 154 titles of property. In 1919 more than 100.000 pesos were used for building schools in the interior of the country, the agreement about the arbitrage with Uruguay
Uruguay
Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...
and Eladio Velázquez was appointed member of the Supreme Court.
In April 1920 the Feminist Center of Paraguay was founded, several schools were also created and the Fortin Dorado in Chaco
Gran Chaco
The Gran Chaco is a sparsely populated, hot and semi-arid lowland region of the Río de la Plata basin, divided among eastern Bolivia, Paraguay, northern Argentina and a portion of the Brazilian states of Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul, where it is connected with the Pantanal region...
is settled. On August 15 of the same year, Montero passed the Presidency to Manuel Gondra
Manuel Gondra
Manuel Gondra Pereira was President of Paraguay from November 25, 1910 to January 11, 1911 and from August 15, 1920 to October 31, 1921. He was also an author and a member of the Liberal Party....
. Also that year, the commercial agreement with Japan was signed, the law of trial and dismissal of magistrates; sanitary zones in Asunción
Asunción
Asunción is the capital and largest city of Paraguay.The "Ciudad de Asunción" is an autonomous capital district not part of any department. The metropolitan area, called Gran Asunción, includes the cities of San Lorenzo, Fernando de la Mora, Lambaré, Luque, Mariano Roque Alonso, Ñemby, San...
, Villarica
Villarrica, Paraguay
Villarrica is a city located in the middle of the Oriental Region of the Paraguayan territory, is capital of the Guairá Department. It was founded by the Spanish Captain Ruy Diaz de Melgarejo on May 14, 1570 in the old Guaira, today in Brazilian territory....
and Caacupé
Caacupé
Caacupé is a city and district in Paraguay. It is the capital of the department of Cordillera.The town was founded in 1770 by Carlos Murphy, a grenadier at the service of King Charles III of Spain, although a first settlement existed here from the 17th century.The city is the seat of the Roman...
and was created the regulations for the Army.
Some designations were made in the intellectual and artistic field. The people who received this honor were: Narciso R. Colmán, Juan F. Bazán, Arturo Alsina, Juan Sorazábal, Rufo Galeano, José Concepción Ortiz and Eudoro Acosta Flores. Here is important to mention the hiring of the Brazilian Doctor Edgar Roquette Pinto and the retiring of Juan E. O'Leary in the Colegio Nacional and the Escuela Normal.
One of the biggest concerns of Montero was the problem with the land. In 1919 were founded Nueva Colombia
Nueva Colombia
Nueva Colombia is a distrito in the Cordillera Department of Paraguay, located on the road between Emboscada and San Bernardino. Its stands 160 metres above sea level....
, in Altos
Altos
Altos is a district and locality of the Cordillera Department, Paraguay.-Etymology:It is also called “Altos de Ybypytaré”, which in Guaraní means “path of the wind”, previously called “San Lorenzo de la Cordillera de los Altos”, one of the oldest cities of Paraguay...
, with 6,122 hectares and Santiago, in General Delgado
General Delgado
General Delgado is a town in the Itapúa department of Paraguay.- Sources :* – World-Gazetteer.com...
, with 1909 hectares. In 1920, Curupaity was founded in Barrero Grande, with a total of 1,111 hectares.
The education suffered some inconvenient and on July 25, 1919 started the execution of the plan for the educational reform in the schools of the capital and Villarrica
Villarrica
Villarrica may refer to:*Villarrica, Paraguay - a city in Southern Paraguay*Villarrica, Colombia - a municipality in the Tolima department of Colombia*Villarrica, Chile - a city in Chile*Lake Villarrica - a lake in Chile...
, the process lasted four years. On September 22 of the same year the plan was also adopted for high school education.
Political career
He was Representative for the capital and was in that position until 1901. On August 7, 1908 he signed the manifest of the "Radicals" assembly. He was Secretary of the Ministry of the Interior during the government of Eduardo SchaererEduardo Schaerer
Eduardo Schaerer Vera y Aragón was a Paraguayan businessman, publisher, and Liberal politician. He served as President of the Republic of Paraguay for the constitutional term 1912–1916...
. He occupied the position until he joined Manuel Franco
Manuel Franco
Manuel Franco was President of Paraguay. He was a model citizen and illustrious teacher.-Childhood and Youth:Doctor Manuel Franco was born in Concepción on June 9, 1871 in times of the government of Cirilo Antonio Rivarola...
, as companion for the upcoming presidential elections for the period 1916-1920.