José María Lacunza

José María Lacunza Blengio was a Mexican politician and diplomat. In 1836, with his brother Juan Nepomuceno, he founded the Academia de Letrán, where he published his Historical Discourses. As a columnist he wrote for El Mosaico Mexicano, El Siglo Diez y Nueve and El Monitor Republicano.[1]

José María Lacunza
2nd First Minister of Mexico
In office
June 13, 1864 – October 6, 1866
MonarchMaximilian I
Preceded byJosé Manuel de Herrera (First Mexican Empire)
Succeeded byTeodosio Lares
Minister of Interior and Exterior Relations
In office
May 10, 1849 – January 5, 1851
PresidentJosé Joaquín de Herrera
Preceded byJosé María Ortiz
Succeeded byJosé Mariano Yáñez
Personal details
BornAugust 18, 1809
Mexico City, Viceroyalty of New Spain
DiedJanuary 2, 1869
La Habana, Cuba
Political partyLiberal-Moderate

He was the President of the Chamber of Deputies in 1848.[2] From May 10, 1849 to January 15, 1851, he held the position of Minister of Relations during the government of José Joaquín de Herrera. During his tenure, he was in charge of handling the debt with the Spanish creditors. Additionally, he worked on the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, rejecting the free passage through the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, which the United States government claimed, could maintain the negative in favor of national sovereignty. He was president of the Senate and was in charge of the Directorate General of Funds and Public Instruction, being Minister of Finance during the presidential term of Benito Juárez.[3]

During the Second Mexican Empire he was Minister of State of Maximilian of Habsburg and promoter of cultural policy. Overthrown the Empire was banished to La Habana where he died in 1869.

References
  1. Efemérides del periodismo mexicano: José María Lacunza Blengua
  2. Enciclopedia Política de México 9 Tomo V. (PDF). Senado de la República - Instituto Belisario Domínguez. 2010.
  3. The foreign ministers of Mexico through their history
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.