Adán Cárdenas

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Cárdenas and the second or maternal family name is del Castillo.

Adán Cárdenas
President of Nicaragua
In office
1 March 1883 – 1 March 1887
Preceded byJoaquín Zavala
Succeeded byEvaristo Carazo
Personal details
Born
Adán Cárdenas del Castillo

(1836-06-07)7 June 1836
Granada,
Federal Republic of Central America
Died1 January 1916(1916-01-01) (aged 79)
Rivas, Nicaragua
NationalityNicaraguan
Political partyConservative
SpouseGertrudis Martínez Solórzano
RelativesRené Cárdenas (Grandson)
Alma materUniversity of Pisa
OccupationPhysician, Politician

Adán Cárdenas del Castillo (7 June 1836 – 1 January 1916) was a Nicaraguan politician and medical doctor. He also served as the President of Nicaragua between 1 March 1883 and 1 March 1887.[1][2] He was a member of the Conservative Party of Nicaragua.

Cárdenas was born in the colonial city of Granada on the shores of Lake Cocibolca in Nicaragua. He and his parent moved to Italy for some time in 1852, where he attended the National School of Genoa and received a doctorate in medicine at the University of Pisa in Tuscany. He returned to Nicaragua in 1862.[3] He was president of the Nicaraguan Congress 1879-1881, 1885-1886 and 1911-1912.[4]

Family

He was married to Gertrudis Martínez Solórzano, daughter of Tomás Martínez Guerrero, 36th President of Nicaragua, and wife Gertrudis Solórzano Zavala. His grandson, René Cárdenas, became the first Spanish-language announcer to cover Major League Baseball.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Gobernantes de Nicaragua". Ministerio de Educación. 9 December 2012. Archived from the original on 9 October 2012.
  2. ^ "Adán Cárdenas". MSN Encarta. Archived from the original on 8 July 2008. Retrieved 17 January 2008.
  3. ^ "El DR. Cardenas y el Coronel Carazo" (PDF). La Ilustración Española y Americana (in Spanish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2008.
  4. ^ Cardenal Tellería, Marco A. (2000). Nicaragua y su Historia - Cronología del acontecer histórico y construcción de la nación Nicaragüense. Managua: Banco Mercantil. ISBN 99924-0-064-1.
  5. ^ Baxter, Kevin (18 June 1995). "THE SUNDAY PROFILE : Wins & Losses : Rene Cardenas brought baseball to millions with his pioneering broadcasts in Spanish. Now, shaken by tough times, he clings to his claim to the Hall of Fame - Los Angeles Times". Articles.latimes.com. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
Political offices
Preceded by President of Nicaragua
1883–1887 		Succeeded by


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