Próspero Morales
Próspero Morales | |
|---|---|
Secretary of Infrastructure and War | |
| In office March 15, 1892 – March 15, 1896 | |
| President | José María Reina Barrios |
Secretary of Public Instruction | |
| In office March 15, 1896 – March 5, 1897 | |
| President | José María Reina Barrios |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 31 December 1856 San Marcos, Guatemala |
| Died | 17 August 1898 (aged 41) Huehuetenango, Guatemala |
| Spouse | Natalia Górriz |
| Alma mater | Escuela Facultativa de Derecho y Notaria del Centro |
Próspero Morales (31 December 1856 - 17 August 1898) was a Guatemalan lawyer who served as Secretary of Infrastructure, War and Public Instruction during José María Reina Barrios administration. Two year after being in office, Morales married the well known Guatemalan teacher Natalia Górriz. Morales resigned as Secretary on 5 March 1897 in order to run for president for the upcoming presidential elections; however, due to the failure of the Exposición Centroamericana and the severe economic crisis that Guatemala was undergoing at the time, due to the plummeting of coffee and silver international prices, general Reina Barrios suspended the elections and forcibly extended his tenure until 1902. Morales then joined the revolution that was brewing in Quetzaltenango, but the rebels were defeated on 14 September 1897. After Reina Barrios assassination on 8 February 1898, he unsuccessfully tried to overthrow interim president Manuel Estrada Cabrera–who also had served as Secretary under Reina Barrios–but was repelled by the forces of former president Manuel Lisandro Barillas.