Luis Antonio Robles Suárez Politician

Luis Antonio Robles Suárez (24 October 1849 – 22 September 1899) also known as "El Negro Robles", was a Colombian lawyer and politician. He was the first Afro-Colombian to hold a cabinet-level ministry in Colombia serving as Secretary of the Treasury and Public Credit during the administration of President Aquileo Parra Gómez, as well as being the first Afro-Colombian Congressperson as Member of the Chamber of Representatives for Magdalena, and the first Afro-Colombian Governor of a Department, as the 16th President of the Sovereign State of Magdalena. He graduated a lawyer from Our Lady of the Rosary University in 1872, thus also becoming the first Afro-Colombian to ever serve as a lawyer in Colombia.

Personal facts

Alias (AKA)	Robles Luis A.
Birth date	October 24, 1849
Birth place	Colombia , Riohacha , Magdalena Department (Gran Colombia) , Riohacha Province , Republic of New Granada
Nationality	Colombian people
Religion	Catholic Church
Date of death	September 22, 1899
Place of death	Colombia , Bogotá , Cundinamarca Department
Education	Del Rosario University
Profession	Lawyer

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Office holder

office	Member of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia Colombian Secretary of the Treasury and Public Credit Magdalena StatePresident of the Sovereign State of Magdalena
party	Colombian Liberal Party
president	Aquileo Parra
region	Antioquia State Magdalena State
successor	José María Campo Serrano