Carlos Cueva Tamariz
Ecuadorian politician
Carlos Cueva Tamariz (November 5, 1898 – April 8, 1991) was an Ecuadorian politician, lawyer and university professor.
Early life
Carlos Cueva was born on November 5, 1898, the first son of Agustín Cueva Muñoz and his wife Domitila Tamariz Larrea in Cuenca. His father was a journalist and politician that later worked at the Azuay Province's Government and at the City Hall of Cuenca.
The family moved to Milagro when he was three, where his father worked as book keeper. 1904 the family returned to Cuenca and Cueva was educated at the catholic elementary school "San José de los HH.CC." Later he went to the "Colegio Seminario" High School until it closed on 1912. Finally, on 1916 he graduated from High School at the "Benigno Malo" after attending one year with a scholarship the Agriculture School of Córdoba.
Cueva attended the University of Cuenca, where he graduated as a lawyer on 1922. As a student, he presided the first Federación de Estudantes Universitarios, the Ecuadorian University Students Association.
Political and academic life
Cueva was appointed on 1917, while still being a college student, as a teacher at the elementary school "Luis Cordero". This was very important for him, then his father had died and he had to support his younger brothers.
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