Preceded by Ignacio L. Vallarta Political party Mexican Liberal Party | Succeeded by Jose Tomas de Cuellar | |
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Full Name José María Mata Reyes Born 13 November 1819Xalapa, Veracruz ( 1819-11-13 ) Died 25 February 1895, Martínez de la Torre, Mexico | ||
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), three months as minister of Foreign Affairs in the cabinet of Porfirio Díaz (1878), as envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of Mexico to the United States (1859–1860), as congressman in the Chamber of Deputies, and as municipal president of Martínez de la Torre, Veracruz.
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.
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