José María Mata

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José María Mata

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]

Quick Facts Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of Mexico to the United States, Preceded by ...
José María Mata
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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
19.407°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. 18561887)
and
Flavia Torre
(m. 1890)
[2]
EducationSan Juan de Letrán College
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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]

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