Luis Antonio Robles
Luis Antonio Robles | |
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Oil painting by Epifanio Julián Garay y Caicedo. | |
| Member of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia | |
| In office 1 April 1892 – 1 April 1896 | |
| Constituency | Antioquia State |
| In office 1 March 1876 – 1 April 1876 | |
| Constituency | Magdalena State |
| 16th President of the Sovereign State of Magdalena | |
| In office 1 April 1878 – 25 June 1879 | |
| Preceded by | Manuel Davila García |
| Succeeded by | José María Campo Serrano |
| Colombian Secretary of the Treasury and Public Credit | |
| In office 1 April 1876 – 1 April 1877 | |
| President | Aquileo Parra Gómez |
| Preceded by | José María Villamizar Gallardo |
| Succeeded by | José María Quijano Wallis |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Luis Antonio Robles Suárez 24 October 1849 Riohacha, Riohacha, Magdalena, New Granada |
| Died | 22 September 1899 (aged 49) Bogotá, Cundinamarca, Colombia |
| Nationality | Colombian |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Alma mater | Our Lady of the Rosary University (JD) |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Luis Antonio Robles Suárez (24 October 1849 – 22 September 1899) also known as "El Negro Robles", was a Colombian lawyer and politician. He was the first Afro-Colombian to hold a cabinet-level ministry in Colombia serving as Secretary of the Treasury and Public Credit during the administration of President Aquileo Parra Gómez, as well as being the first Afro-Colombian Congressperson as Member of the Chamber of Representatives for Magdalena, and the first Afro-Colombian Governor of a Department, as the 16th President of the Sovereign State of Magdalena. He graduated a lawyer from Our Lady of the Rosary University in 1872, thus also becoming the first Afro-Colombian to ever serve as a lawyer in Colombia.