Eliseo Arredondo

Eliseo Arredondo
Secretary of the Interior (Mexico)
In office
21 August 1914  29 November 1914
President Venustiano Carranza
Preceded by José María Luján
Succeeded by Rafael Zubarán
Ambassador of Mexico to the United States
In office
24 February 1916  24 February 1917[1]
Preceded by Manuel Calero y Sierra[1]
Succeeded by Ignacio Bonillas[1]
Personal details
Born Eliseo Arredondo de la Garza
(1870-05-05)5 May 1870
Nava, Coahuila
Died 18 October 1923(1923-10-18) (aged 53)
Mexico City
Nationality Mexican

Eliseo Arredondo de la Garza (5 May 1870 – 18 October 1923) was a Mexican politician and diplomat who briefly served as secretary of the Interior[2] in the government of President Venustiano Carranza; his cousin and father-in-law.[3][4] Arredondo also served as a federal congressman in the Chamber of Deputies, negotiated on behalf of Carranza with revolutionary leader, Pancho Villa,[5] and, while working as chargé d'affaires in Washington, D.C., he secured diplomatic recognition for Carranza's administration from the United States government.[1]

Biography

He was born on 5 May 1870. He served as Secretary of the Interior from 21 August 1914 to 29 November 1914. He served as Ambassador of Mexico to the United States from 24 February 1916 to 24 February 1917. In April 1918 he was transferred to the embassy in Madrid. He died on 18 October 1923.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Embajadores de México en Estados Unidos" (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores. 27 September 2013. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  2. Silva Herzog, Jesús (1 July 2011). Breve historia de la Revolución mexicana (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: Fondo de Cultura Economica. p. 120. ISBN 978-607-16-0717-1. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  3. Villa, Rosa Helia (31 August 2007). Itinerario de una pasión (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: Penguin Random House, Grupo Editorial México. p. 202. ISBN 978-607-11-0864-7. Retrieved 29 September 2014. ¡Por Dios!, si en Washington está Eliseo Arredondo, el mismísimo yerno de don Venustiano, como su representante [...]
  4. 1 2 "Eliseo Arredondo Dead. Ex-Mexican Ambassador to United States Was Caranza's Cousin". New York Times. 20 October 1923. p. 15. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  5. Katz, Friedrich (1998). The Life and Times of Pancho Villa. Palo Alto, California, United States of America: Stanford University Press. p. 333. ISBN 978-0-8047-3046-4. OCLC 162431539. Retrieved 29 September 2014.

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