Marure, Alejandro

Guatemalan historian, geographer, and jurist.

Born in Nueva Guatemala, Marure studied law at the Universidad de San Carlos. At first he worked at the Ministry of Foreign Relations, and later, in 1831, he was elected to the national legislature. He enjoyed a distinguished academic career in history and international law, and between 1832 and 1841 he was official representative of Guatemala in various negotiations with Honduras, El Salvador, and Nicaragua. Commissioned by Mariano Galvez to write the history of Guatemala since independence, Marure produced his Bosquejo historico de las revoluciones de Centro America, published in 1837. In 1847, in collaboration with Pedro Molina and Jose Maria Urruela, he began an extensive project to compie the constitutional laws of Guatemala.