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Eliseo Arredondo

Eliseo Arredondo
Eliseo Arredondo circa 1915.jpg
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
Preceded by Manuel Calero y Sierra
Succeeded by Ignacio Bonillas
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 in the government of President Venustiano Carranza; his cousin and father-in-law. Arredondo also served as a federal congressman in the Chamber of Deputies, negotiated on behalf of Carranza with revolutionary leader, Pancho Villa, and, while working as chargé d'affaires in Washington, D.C., he secured diplomatic recognition for Carranza's administration from the United States government.

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.

Eliseo Arredondo

Ricardo Vasquez, Eliseo Arredondo, Jose Arredondo, Oscar E. Duplin, Francesco Paredo and Luis Paredo in 1915

The United States - Mexico Commission. Standing from left to right are: Stephen Bonsal, Attache of the State Department and Advisor to the American Commission; American Secretary of State Robert Lansing; Eliseo Arredondo, the Mexican ambassador designate, and L.S. Rowe, the Secretary to the American Commission. Sitting from left to right are John Raleigh Mott of New York City; Judge George Gray of Wilmington, Delaware; Secretary of the Interior Franklin Knight Lane; Luis Cabrera Lobato, chairman of the Mexican delegation and Secretary of the Treasury of Mexico, Alberto J. Pani, President of the National Railways of Mexico; and Ignacio Bonillas, Minister of Communications and Public Works. The image was taken at the Biltmore Hotel in New York City on September 9, 1916.

María Emery, Eliseo's wife


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