Background
DERQUI, Manuel was born on May 4, 1874 in Corrientes. Son of Manuel Derqui and Mercedes Llanos.
DERQUI, Manuel was born on May 4, 1874 in Corrientes. Son of Manuel Derqui and Mercedes Llanos.
Official of the Ministry of War and Marine, 1896-1898. Secretary to the Minister of Public Works, 18981902. Director of public instruction in the Ministry of Public Instruction, 19021903.
Sub-secretary of state in idem (the same), 19031906.
Rector of, and professor in, the Colegio Nacional “Mariano Moreno” since 1906. President of school councils at various times during the years 1908— 1916.
Congresses and Conferences: Congresses of Education of 1903 and 1913. Representative of the Ministry of Public Instruction to the Congress on the Child, 1916, and the National Assemblies of Teachers, Buenos Aires, Córdoba, and Tucumán, 1924, 1927, 1929, respectively.
Asociación Nacional del Profesorado (charter member and president at various times, including the term which began December 3, 1933).
Married Maria Elisa Benavides. Children: Manuel M., Juan C, Santiago, and Mercedes Encarnación.
