José María Mata

José María Mata
Bust of a bearded man on a plinth which says "A la memoria del Dr Jose Maria Mata sus amantes hijas" and "Α-13-Noviembre-1919" and "Ω-24-Febrero-1895" on it
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 byIgnacio Mariscal
Succeeded byJosé Tomás de Cuéllar
Minister of Finance
In office
29 October 1860 – 20 November 1860[1]
In office
22 April 1861 – 2 May 1861[1]
PresidentBenito Juárez[1]
Preceded byGuillermo Prieto
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
20 June 1878 – 1878
PresidentPorfirio Díaz
Preceded byIgnacio L. Vallarta
Personal details
Born
José María Mata Reyes

(1819-11-13)13 November 1819
Xalapa, Veracruz[2]
Died25 February 1895(1895-02-25) (aged 75)
Martínez de la Torre, Veracruz[1]
Resting placeDolores Civil Cemetery, Mexico City
19°24′25″N 99°12′14″W / 19.407°N 99.204°W / 19.407; -99.204
NationalityMexican
Political partyMexican Liberal Party (in Spanish: Partido Liberal Mexicano)[2]
Spouse(s)A daughter of Melchor Ocampo,
Josefina Ocampo
​
​
(m. 1856⁠–⁠1887)​
and
Flavia Torre
​
(m. 1890)​
[2]
EducationSan Juan de Letrán College
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Mata and the second or maternal family name is Reyes.

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]

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

  • Memoria de Hacienda (1868).[7]

Notes and references

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "Embajadores de México en Estados Unidos" (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores. 27 September 2013. Archived from the original on 8 September 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ "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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