Juan María Villatoro Medrano

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Villatoro and the second or maternal family name is Medrano.

Juan María Villatoro Medrano
Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador
In office 1888–1889 Serving with José Dolores Larreynaga Ayala
Preceded by	José Valle Rodríguez
Succeeded by	José Rocas Pacas Pineda
Magistrate of the Supreme Court of Justice of El Salvador
In office 1883–1884 Serving with José Trigueros
Preceded by	Cruz Ulloa
Succeeded by	Antonio Ruiz
Personal details
Born	(1847-06-24)June 24, 1847 El Sauce, La Unión, El Salvador
Died	December 2, 1924(1924-12-02) (aged 77) San Salvador, El Salvador
Spouse(s)	María de la Luz Aurora Rugama y Tomé and Fidelina Lima
Parent(s)	Eustaquio Villatoro, Marcela Medrano
Relatives	Ricardo Armando Novoa Arciniegas
Alma mater	University of El Salvador
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Juan María Villatoro Medrano was a Salvadoran congressman, attorney at law and notary.

Early life

Juan María Villatoro Medrano was born June 24, 1847 in Hacienda Peñagorda, located in El Sauce, La Unión, El Salvador, his father was Eustaquio Villatoro Rubio of Castile and Leon ascendance and his mother Marcela Medrano^[1] Fuentes of Basque ascendance. Juan María married María de la Luz Aurora Rugama Tomé from Honduras in March 1873, in San Salvador, El Salvador. They had nine children, his father, Eustaquio Villatoro Rubio; was the Mayor in 1856 of El Sauce, La Union, El Salvador.^[2] Juan María died on December 2, 1924, in San Salvador, San Salvador, El Salvador, at the age of 77.^[3]

Political career

Villatoro Medrano started his political career as congressman in 1868. Juan María Villatoro Medrano was congressman again of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador in 1888.^{[4][dubious – discuss]}

Between 1869 and 1888 he was a deputy of the Ordinary Legislatures.^[1]

He was a deputy during the Constitutional Assemblies of 1871 and 1872-1873; and in 1883, where he was a secretary to the board of directors. In August 1876, he served as 2nd Judge of San Miguel, and served as a substitute magistrate of the Court of Casación, and a Magistrate of the Supreme Court of Justice of El Salvador (Dec. 1883, Jan. 1886 and in 1905) and Judge of San Miguel in September 1886.^[1]

References

1. Zepeda Peña, Ciro Cruz (2006). "Historia del Órgano Legislativo de la República de El Salvador" [History of the Legislative Organ of the Republic of El Salvador, page 90] (PDF) (in Spanish) (III ed.). Legislative Assembly of El Salvador. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
2. Llanes, Fernando Antonio (1965). Monografía del Departamento de la Unión. San Salvador, El Salvador.
3. Justicia, El Salvador Corte Suprema de (1924). Revista judicial: publicacion quincenal de la Corte Suprema de Justicia (in Spanish). Imprenta Nacional.
4. "Diario Oficial (12 February 1901 Issue)" (PDF). Diario Oficial (in Spanish). San Salvador, El Salvador. p. 42.