Enrique Finot (16 September 1891 – 23 December 1952)[1][2] was a Bolivian historian[3] writer, editor, and diplomat.[4] He served as foreign minister under Colonel David Toro and during the period of his nationalizing Standard Oil.[5] He has been described as conservative.[6]

Enrique Finot
Born16 September 1891
Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
Died23 December 1952(1952-12-23) (aged 61)
Occupation(s)Historian, writer, editor, diplomat
Known forServing as foreign minister under Colonel David Toro

Biography

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He was born in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, on 16 September 1890, son of the French engineer Juan Francisco Finot and the Bolivian Olinfa Oliva.[7]

Enrique Finot received his education at Colegio Nacional Florida in Santa Cruz de la Sierra,[8] before continuing his studies at the Escuela Normal de Maestros de Sucre, now known as the Escuela Superior de Formación de Maestros Mariscal Sucre.[8]

In 1908 he qualified as a professor of drawing and cartography and dedicated himself to teaching for a few years, during which time he wrote Historia de la pedagogía boliviana.[9]

He entered the diplomatic service in 1917, which took him to Peru, Argentina, the United States and Mexico.

References

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  1. ^ Profile of Enrique Finot
  2. ^ "Enrique Finot Franco 1891-1952 | DATOS HISTÓRICOS". Archived from the original on 2018-03-20. Retrieved 2018-03-19.
  3. ^ Allyn MacLean Stearman (1985). Camba and Kolla: Migration and Development in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. University Press of Florida. p. 21. ISBN 978-0-8130-0802-8.
  4. ^ William Belmont Parker (1922). Bolivians of to-day. Hispanic society of America. pp. 121–122.
  5. ^ Kenneth Duane Lehman (1999). Bolivia and the United States: A Limited Partnership. University of Georgia Press. p. 73. ISBN 978-0-8203-2116-5.
  6. ^ Laura Gotkowitz (30 January 2008). A Revolution for Our Rights: Indigenous Struggles for Land and Justice in Bolivia, 1880–1952. Duke University Press. p. 325. ISBN 978-0-8223-9012-1.
  7. ^ Paquier, Daniel A.; Seleme Antele, Susana, eds. (2021). Pensadores del Oriente boliviano. Tomo 2. Santa Cruz de la Sierra: Instituto de Ciencia Economía Educación y Salud. ISBN 978-9917-9865-5-3.
  8. ^ a b "Enrique Finot Franco 1891-1952". 2015-09-24. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2024-03-11.
  9. ^ Finot, Enrique (1917). Historia de la pedagogía boliviana (in Spanish).
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Political offices
Preceded by Foreign Minister of Bolivia
1936–1937
Succeeded by