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]

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

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

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  • Memoria de Hacienda (1868).[7]

Notes and references

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  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. 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.