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Ignacio Eugenio Lozano Jr. (January 15, 1927 – December 27, 2023) was an American diplomat who was United States Ambassador to El Salvador. He was appointed to the ambassadorship by President Gerald Ford in 1976.[1][2] He resigned the post following the assumption of the presidency by Jimmy Carter.[1] Lozano was born in San Antonio, Texas to Mexican immigrants Ignacio E. Lozano Sr. and Alicia Elizondo Lozano.[1] He studied journalism at University of Notre Dame.[1]
From 1953, he was the publisher and editor of La Opinión, a Spanish language newspaper based in Los Angeles that his father founded in 1926.[1][3] In 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed Lozano as a consultant to the United States Department of State.[4] He also served on the California advisory committee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights.[4]
Lozano held directorships at Bank of America, The Walt Disney Company, Pacific Life, and Sempra Energy, and was a member of the Council of American Ambassadors.[2]
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Ignacio Eugenio Lozano Jr. was born on January 15, 1927.[5] He married Arizona-born Marta, who was studying literature at UCLA and was also Mexican American.[1] They had four children:
- Leticia Lozano (worked for La Opinión from 1976–1984)[3]
- José Ignacio Lozano (became publisher of La Opinión in 1986;[6] since 2004 vice chairman of its parent companion, Impremedia LLC),[3][7]
- Monica C. Lozano (current publisher of La Opinión)
- Francisco Lozano (corporate director of magazines, Impremedia LLC)[8]
Ignacio E. Lozano Jr. died on December 27, 2023, at the age of 96.[9]
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