Background
CASTILLERO REYES, Ernesto was born in Ocú, Province of Herrera. Son of Mateo Castillero and Manuela Reyes de Castillero.
CASTILLERO REYES, Ernesto was born in Ocú, Province of Herrera. Son of Mateo Castillero and Manuela Reyes de Castillero.
Primary school teacher, 1913-1917. Provincial inspector of public instruction, 1917-1922. Secretary of the general inspectory of education, 1922-1927.
Secretary of the National Institute, 1927-1933. Professor of history in the Colegio de Artes y Oficios, the Escuela Normal de Institutores, and in the National Institute since 1929. President of the municipality of Antón, 1921.
At present vice-president of the Board of Directors of the Conservative Party. Director of El Conservador.
Asociación de Maestros (president, 1928-1931). Academia Panameña de la Historia. Sociedad Bolivariana.
Geographical Society of Washington, D.C. Sociedad de Acción Internacional de Panamá. Correspofiding Member: Academia Española de la Historia.
Married Librada Pimentel. Children: Marta, Nena, Ernesto, Librada, Gabriel, and Adriano Ernesto.