Manuel Molina Zamudio

Manuel Molina Zamudio
Minister of Finance
In office
28 April 1843 – 19 March 1844
PresidentJosé Ballivián
Preceded byHilarión Fernández
Succeeded byTomás Frías
Prefect of Potosí
In office
19 October 1831 – 4 January 1834
PresidentAndrés de Santa Cruz
Preceded byMariano Armaza
Succeeded byHilarión Fernández
Personal details
BornManuel de Molina Zamudio
(1788-12-20)December 20, 1788
Died(1868-03-19)March 19, 1868
Sucre, Bolivia
SpouseMaría del Carmen Frías Ametller
Children7
Parent(s)Francisco Plácido de Molina
María Mercedes Zamudio
Alma materUniversity of San Francisco Xavier
OccupationLawyer, politician
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Manuel Molina Zamudio (20 December 1788 – 19 March 1868) was a Bolivian revolutionary, politician, and lawyer who served as Prefect of Potosí and Chuquisca. He was Minister Plenipotenciary of Bolivia in Chile (1839-1840), and later Minister of Finance in the government of José Ballivián.

His granddaughter, Carmen Calvo Molina, was the wife of the prominent politician and educator Daniel Sánchez Bustamante. Through Carmen, he is the great-grandfather of two famed Bolivian feminists: María Luisa Sánchez Bustamante and Carmen Sánchez Bustamante. The latter one being the mother of Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada. Another descendant of his if Bolivian billionaire Marcelo Claure Bedoya.