Ignacio Calderón (diplomat)

Calderón in 1915

Ignacio Calderón (July 31, 1848 in La Paz[1]—April 26, 1927 in Washington, DC)[2] was a Bolivian politician and diplomat who served as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Bolivia to the United States, representing the government of Ismael Montes.[3]

Career

Calderón graduated from the University of La Paz at 19, and spent a year there teaching history. He subsequently joined the Bolivian legation in Rome, after which he served as national superintendent of public instruction, then as a member of the Bolivian legation in Lima.[1] In that role, he was given permission to attend the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, where he met Arcadia Yarnell of Baltimore;[4] they married in 1877.[1]

He briefly served as Bolivian consul general in New York City before returning to Bolivia, where he worked in imports/exports and banking until 1900, when he was appointed Secretary of the Treasury under José Manuel Pando.[2]

In 1904, he was appointed Envoy;[1] he was officially received by Theodore Roosevelt on May 27.[5]

Later life

After the 1920 Bolivian coup d'état, Calderón retired as Envoy, and remained in Washington for the rest of his life.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d CALDERON, Ignacio, in Who's Who in America v. 11 (1920-1921 edition); p. 715-716
  2. ^ a b c Currency Reforms in South America, by Harry T. Collings, in Current History, Vol. 26, No. 3 (June, 1927), pp. 475-478 (p. 477 - "Bolivia")
  3. ^ Dreams of the Railroad, in The Bolivia Reader: History, Culture, Politics; edited by Sinclair Thomson, Rossana Barragán, Xavier Albó, Seemin Qayum, and Mark Goodale; published 2018 by Duke University Press
  4. ^ SENORA CALDERON DIES IN WASHINGTON --- Wife of Bolivian Minister Came of Good Southern Stock., in The Boston Globe; published November 8, 1909; p. 14
  5. ^ Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 6, 1904; at the Office of the Historian