Domingo Esguerra Plata
| Domingo Esguerra Plata | |
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| 3rd Colombia Ambassador to United Kingdom | |
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In office 28 June 1948 – 7 June 1950 |
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| President | Mariano Ospina Pérez |
| Preceded by | Darío Echandía Olaya |
| Succeeded by | Rafael Sánchez Amaya |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs of Colombia | |
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In office 5 May 1947 – 21 March 1948 |
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| President | Mariano Ospina Pérez |
| Preceded by | Luis López de Mesa Gómez |
| Succeeded by | Laureano Gómez Castro |
| 1st Colombia Ambassador to Brazil | |
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In office 27 December 1938 – 16 January 1940 |
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| President | Eduardo Santos Montejo |
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| Succeeded by | Carlos Lozano y Lozano |
| Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Colombia to Brazil | |
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In office 8 December 1936 – 27 December 1938 |
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| President | Alfonso López Pumarejo |
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| 1st Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Colombia to Japan | |
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In office 28 April 1934 – 4 September 1936 |
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| President | Enrique Olaya Herrera |
| Succeeded by | Alfredo Michelsen Mantilla |
| 9th Minister of Finance and Treasury of Colombia | |
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In office 26 May 1909 – 10 June 1909 |
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| President | Rafael Reyes Prieto |
| Preceded by | Nemesio Camacho Macías |
| Succeeded by | Fidel Cano Gutiérrez |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
28 March 1875 Santana de las Lajas, Tolima, United States of Colombia |
| Died | 1965 Bogotá, D.C., Colombia |
| Nationality | Colombian |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | Paulina Rueda Vargas (1908-1946) Susana Flórez Mariño (1948-1965) |
| Alma mater | Universidad Repúblicana (JD, 1896) |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Domingo Esguerra Plata (28 March 1875 – 1965) was a Colombian lawyer who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Colombia, Ambassador of Colombia to Brazil, and Ambassador of Colombia to the United Kingdom.
Graduated Juris Doctor from Universidad Repúblicana in Bogotá (now the Free University of Colombia) on 26 June 1896, his graduate thesis La Doctrina Monroe was a comprehensive account of the Monroe Doctrine and was held in high regard by his contemporaries.
On 4 September 1906, Esguerra was named First Secretary of the Colombian Legation in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland working under Ignacio Gutiérrez Ponce, the Colombian Envoy to His Britanic Majesty's Government. On 8 October 1908, he was promoted to the rank of Counselor ad honorem, but was instead transferred a few days later on 13 October to the legation in the German Empire still maintaining the same rank, this was at the behest of his friend Gutiérrez who now served as Envoy to His Germanic Imperial and Royal Majesty's Government.
He returned to Colombia in the early months of 1909, and was named Colombian Minister of Finance and Treasury by President Rafael Reyes Prieto in replacement of Nemesio Camacho Macías for a very short period, the appointed was intended to fulfill protocol as President Reyes's term ended a few weeks later. The next year, Esguerra was named Financial Agent of the diplomatic missions in Europe at London. With the inauguration of the League of Nations in Geneva, Esguerra was named Counselor of the Colombian Legation to the First Conference of the League of Nations on 16 January 1920. In 1922, he returns to London this time as Consul General.
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