José Manuel Puig Casauranc

José Manuel Puig
Secretary of Foreign Affairs
In office
1 January 1933 – 30 November 1934[1]
President Abelardo L. Rodríguez
Preceded by Manuel C. Téllez
Succeeded by Emilio Portes Gil
Secretary of Public Education
In office
1930–1931
President Pascual Ortiz Rubio
Preceded by Carlos Trejo Lerdo de Tejada
Succeeded by Narciso Bassols
In office
1924–1928
President Plutarco Elías Calles
Preceded by Bernardo J. Gastélum
Succeeded by Moisés Sáenz
Personal details
Born José Manuel Puig Casauranc
(1888-01-31)31 January 1888
Laguna del Carmen, Campeche[2]
Died 5 May 1939(1939-05-05) (aged 51)
Havana, Cuba
Nationality Mexican

José Manuel Puig Casauranc (31 January 1888 – 5 May 1939) was a Mexican politician, diplomat and journalist who served as Secretary of Public Education, Secretary of Industry, Commerce and Labor, Secretary of Foreign Affairs and federal legislator in both the Senate and Chamber of Deputies.[3][1]

Aside from his political and diplomatic duties, Puig served as academician (in Spanish: académico de número) of the Mexican Academy of Language and wrote several books.[2]

Works

Notes and references

  1. 1 2 "Cancilleres del Siglo XX" (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Académico de número: José Manuel Puig Casauranc" (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: Academia Mexicana de la Lengua. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
  3. ↑ Centro de Estudios Literarios (1988). Diccionario de escritores mexicanos, siglo XX: N-Q (in Spanish). Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. p. 622. ISBN 978-970-32-0509-7. OCLC 163350955. Retrieved 2 October 2014.


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