Adán Cárdenas

Adán Cárdenas
Adán Cárdenas
President of Nicaragua
	In office; 1 March 1883 – 1 March 1887
Preceded by	Joaquín Zavala
Succeeded by	Evaristo Carazo
Personal details
Born	Adán Cárdenas del Castillo; 7 June 1836; Granada, ; Federal Republic of Central America
Died	1 January 1916 (aged 79); Rivas, Nicaragua
Nationality	Nicaraguan
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Gertrudis Martínez Solórzano
Relatives	René Cárdenas (Grandson)
Alma mater	University of Pisa
Occupation	Physician, 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]

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.^[4]

References

^ "Gobernantes de Nicaragua". Ministerio de Educación. 9 December 2012. Archived from the original on 9 October 2012.
^ "Adán Cárdenas". MSN Encarta. Archived from the original on 8 July 2008. Retrieved 17 January 2008.
^ "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.
^ 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 Joaquín Zavala	President of Nicaragua 1883–1887	Succeeded by Evaristo Carazo

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[mined-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.

[latimes-4] 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.

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