Melquiades
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Melquiades or Melquíades is a given name
and can refer to:
Fiction
Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...
and can refer to:
- Melquíades ÁlvarezMelquíades ÁlvarezMelquíades Álvarez Gónzalez-Posada was a Spanish Republican politician, founder and leader of the Reformist Republican Party , commonly known just as Reformist Party....
(1864–1936), Spanish politician, founder and leader of the Reformist Republican Party - Melquiades MoralesMelquiades MoralesMelquiades Morales Flores is a Mexican lawyer and politician, affiliated with the Partido Revolucionario Institucional . Between 1999 and 2005 he served as governor of the state of Puebla....
(born 1942), Mexican lawyer and politician, affiliated with the Partido Revolucionario Institucional - Mel MartinezMel MartinezMelquíades Rafael Martínez Ruiz, usually known as Mel Martinez , is a former United States Senator from Florida and served as Chairman of the Republican Party from November 2006 until October 19, 2007, the first Latino to serve as chairman of a major party...
, (born 1946), American politician, former US Senator from Florida, Chairman of the Republican Party - Mel RojasMel RojasMelquiades Rojas Medrano was a pitcher with a 10 year career from 1990 to 1999. He played for the Montreal Expos, Chicago Cubs, New York Mets and Los Angeles Dodgers of the National League and the Detroit Tigers of the American League.His best season was in 1992, when he posted a 7-1 record in 68...
(born 1966), Dominican baseball pitcher
Fiction
- Melquiades Estrada, character in The Three Burials of Melquiades EstradaThe Three Burials of Melquiades EstradaThe Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada is a 2005 American drama film directed by Tommy Lee Jones and written by Guillermo Arriaga. It stars Tommy Lee Jones, Barry Pepper, Julio Cedillo, and Dwight Yoakam....
- Melquiades, character in One Hundred Years of SolitudeOne Hundred Years of SolitudeOne Hundred Years of Solitude , by Gabriel García Márquez, is a novel which tells the multi-generational story of the Buendía family, whose patriarch, José Arcadio Buendía, founds the town of Macondo, the metaphoric Colombia...