Matías Romero

Matías Romero

Portrait of Matías Romero, standing.

Carte de visite presented to the United States government in 1863
Mexican Secretary of Finance
In office
26 March 1892  31 December 1892
President Porfirio Díaz
Preceded by Benito Gómez Farías
Succeeded by José Yves Limantour
In office
24 May 1877  4 April 1879
President Porfirio Díaz
Preceded by Francisco Landero y Cos
Succeeded by José Hipólito Ramírez
In office
16 January 1868  12 June 1872
President Benito Juárez
Preceded by José María Garmendia
Succeeded by Francisco Mejía Escalona
Ambassador of Mexico to the United States
In office
15 February 1893[1]  30 December 1898[1]
Preceded by Manuel María de Zamacona[1]
Succeeded by Manuel Azpíroz[1]
In office
2 September 1863  13 July 1868[1]
Preceded by Luis de la Rosa[1]
Succeeded by Ignacio Mariscal[1]
Personal details
Born Matías Romero Avendaño
(1832-02-24)24 February 1832
Oaxaca, Oaxaca
Died 30 December 1898(1898-12-30) (aged 66)
New York City, New York
Nationality Mexican
Education Oaxaca Institute for Arts and Sciences
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Romero and the second or maternal family name is Avendaño.

Matías Romero Avendaño (24 February 1837 - 30 December 1898) was a Mexican politician and diplomat who served three times as Secretary of Finance and twice as ambassador of Mexico to the United States during the 19th century.[2][3] During the French Intervention in Mexico, (1862–67) Romero was Benito Juárez's envoy in the United States, and Romero played a key role in keeping the issue of the foreign monarchy in Mexico alive with Abraham Lincoln's government during the American Civil War (1861–65). Romero served in the government of Porfirio Díaz and was a proponent of foreign investment in Mexico.[4]

Works

Notes and references

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Manual de organización de la Embajada de México en Estados Unidos (PDF) (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores. March 2009. pp. 6–7. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
  2. Jaffary, Nora E; Osowski, Edward; Porter, Susie S, eds. (2009). Mexican History: A Primary Source Reader. Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press. pp. 256–257. ISBN 9780813343341. OCLC 144217762. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  3. Monroy Huitrón, Guadalupe (1965). Archivo histórico de Matías Romero: catálogo descriptivo [Matías Romero Historical Archive: Descriptive Catalog] (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: Banco de México. OCLC 359968.
  4. Jürgen Buchenau, "Foreign Policy, 1876-1910," in Encyclopedia of Mexico, vol. 1, p. 503. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn 1997.

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