Evaristo Ciganda

Evaristo Guzmán Ciganda (Soriano, October 26, 1868 - 1910) was a politician, diplomat, journalist and Uruguayan professor. He was deputy by the National party, between 1894 and 1897. Biography

Son of a Spanish Basque father and Uruguayan mother, he spent his adolescence and finished high school in the department of San José.

He studied at the Faculty of Law (Universidad de la República) and his final thesis was based on the crisis situation of the Río de la Plata. He graduated as a lawyer in 1891. He taught Civil Law at the Faculty of Law and professor of National and American History in Secondary Education.

At age 25 he was elected deputy of the department of San José, by the National party. He held the position between 1894 and 1897. Together with Alberto Palomeque, he authored a bill, approved on May 26, 1896, which allowed for the retirement of the teaching staff of the Directorate General of Public Instruction.

For disagreeing with the revolutionary actions of Aparicio Saravia, he distanced himself from the majority of the National party.

He was appointed Consul General of the Republic in Paris, city in which he died in 1910, at age 42 and in office.

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