Marcos Antonio Morínigo Fleytas (8 October 1848 – 13 July 1901) was a Paraguayan politician who served as President of Paraguay in 1894.

Marcos Antonio Morínigo
12th President of Paraguay
In office
9 June 1894 – 25 November 1894
Vice PresidentVacant
Preceded byJuan Gualberto González
Succeeded byJuan Bautista Egusquiza
7th Vice President of Paraguay
In office
25 November 1890 – 9 June 1894
PresidentJuan Gualberto González
Preceded byJosé del Rosario Miranda
Succeeded byFacundo Ynsfrán
Personal details
Born
Marcos Antonio Morínigo Fleytas

8 October 1848
Quyquyhó, Paraguay
Died13 July 1901(1901-07-13) (aged 52)
Asunción, Paraguay
NationalityParaguay Paraguayan
Political partyColorado Party
SpouseRamona Bareiro Caballero
Children6
OccupationPolitician

He was born in 1848 in Quyquyho, Paraguarí. In 1881, he was elected for his first term in the Chamber of Deputies, a post he held for more than nine years. In 1887, Morinigo participated in founding the Colorado Party and was elected Vice President of Paraguay in 1890 (alongside President Juan Gualberto González).[1] After González was sacked, he became president on June 8, 1894, until the legal end of the term (November 25, 1894). Morinigo was elected senator in 1895. He died 1901 in Asunción.

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Political offices
Preceded by Vice President of Paraguay
1890–1894
Succeeded by
Preceded by President of Paraguay
1894
Succeeded by