Emilio Aceval

Emilio Aceval Marín (October 16, 1853 – April 15, 1931) was President of Paraguay from 1898 to 1902. He was a member of the Colorado Party.

Biography Aceval's parents were Don Leonardo Aceval and Monica Marín. to January 9, 1902. His cabinet was formed by: José P. Urdapilleta, Finance; José Segundo Decoud in Foreign Affairs, Guillermo de los Rios in the Interior; José Zacarías Caminos, Venancio Víctor López, Gerónimo Pereira Cazal, and Pedro José Tomás Bobadilla, Justice, Worship and Public Instruction, and Colonel Juan Antonio Escurra in War and Navy.

During the government of President Aceval, the National Council on Education, the Directorate General of Schools, and the National Council of Hygiene were created, as well as an Internal Revenue Service, and settled colonies of immigrants, especially Italians. Paraguay also participated in the International Exhibition of Philadelphia during Aceval's presidency, and went through an epidemic of bubonic plague, which led to the creation of the Bacteriological Office.

A relapse in the political situation caused serious conflicts reflected in Congress. On January 9, 1902, a military revolutionary committee forced Aceval to resign. Congress decided to appoint as his successor, vice president, Don Héctor Carballo. Aceval's removal has been characterized as a military coup.

He died in Asunción on April 15, 1931.