José María Mata Reyes (13 November 1819 – 25 February 1895) was a 19th-century liberal politician and diplomat from Mexico who served for two months as minister of Finance in the cabinet of Benito Juárez (1860–1861),[1][3] three months as minister of Foreign Affairs in the cabinet of Porfirio Díaz (1878),[4] as envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of Mexico to the United States (1859–1860),[5][6] as congressman in the Chamber of Deputies, and as municipal president of Martínez de la Torre, Veracruz.[2][1]
José María Mata | |
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 Tomb of José María Mata at the Rotunda of Illustrious Persons | |
| Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of Mexico to the United States | |
| In office 28 April 1859 – 13 August 1860 | |
| Preceded by | Ignacio Mariscal |
| Succeeded by | José Tomás de Cuéllar |
| Minister of Finance | |
| In office 29 October 1860 – 20 November 1860[1] | |
| In office 22 April 1861 – 2 May 1861[1] | |
| President | Benito Juárez[1] |
| Preceded by | Guillermo Prieto |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 20 June 1878 – 1878 | |
| President | Porfirio Díaz |
| Preceded by | Ignacio L. Vallarta |
| Personal details | |
| Born | José María Mata Reyes 13 November 1819 Xalapa, Veracruz[2] |
| Died | 25 February 1895 (aged 75) Martínez de la Torre, Veracruz[1] |
| Resting place | Dolores Civil Cemetery, Mexico City 19°24′25″N 99°12′14″W / 19.407°N 99.204°W |
| Nationality | Mexican |
| Political party | Mexican Liberal Party (in Spanish: Partido Liberal Mexicano)[2] |
| Spouse(s) | A daughter of Melchor Ocampo,
Josefina Ocampo
(m. 1856–1887)Flavia Torre (m. 1890) |
| Education | San Juan de Letrán College |
Aside from his political and diplomatic activities, Mata served as a militiaman during the Mexican–American War and as a general in the army commanded by Porfirio Díaz during the French intervention in Mexico.[1]
Works
edit- Memoria de Hacienda (1868).[7]
Notes and references
edit- ^ a b c d e f g "José María Mata". Galería de secretarios (in Spanish). Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito Público. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
- ^ a b c d Galindo Juárez, María (July–September 1988). "Datos biográficos de José María Mata" (PDF). La Palabra y el Hombre (in Spanish) (67). Universidad Veracruzana: 135–143. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
- ^ Pi-Suñer, Antonia (2002). "José González Echeverría, mediador entre las fuerzas intervencionistas". In Ludlow, Leonor (ed.). Los secretarios de hacienda y sus proyectos, 1821-1933 (in Spanish). Vol. 2. Mexico City, Mexico: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. p. 17. ISBN 978-970-32-0285-0. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
- ^ "José María Mata Reyes". Los cancilleres de México a través de su historia: Siglo XIX (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
- ^ "Embajadores de México en Estados Unidos" (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores. 27 September 2013. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
- ^ Ocaranza, Fernando (1939). "José María Mata". Juárez y sus amigos (PDF) (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: Editorial Polis. pp. 123–129. OCLC 657181446. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
- ^ "Memoria de Hacienda por José María Mata". Guía de Memorias de Hacienda (1822-1910) (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: Centro de Estudios Históricos de El Colegio de México. 2012. Archived from the original on 6 November 2014. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
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