Ignacio Mariscal
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 Secretary of Foreign Affairs |
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In office May 25, 1871 – June 12, 1872 |
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| President | Benito Juárez |
| Preceded by | Manuel Azpíroz |
| Succeeded by | José María Lafragua |
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Secretary of Foreign Affairs |
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In office November 29, 1880 – November 30, 1880 |
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| President | Porfirio Díaz |
| Preceded by | Miguel Ruelas |
| Succeeded by | Himself |
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Secretary of Foreign Affairs |
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In office December 1, 1880 – September 15, 1883 |
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| President | Manuel González Flores |
| Preceded by | Himself |
| Succeeded by | José Fernández |
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Secretary of Foreign Affairs |
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In office December 1, 1885 – April 17, 1910 |
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| President | Porfirio Diaz |
| Preceded by | Joaquin Baranda |
| Succeeded by | Federico Gamboa |
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| Nationality | Mexican |
| Relations | Married |
| Alma mater | Oaxaca Institute of Arts and Sciences |
| Profession | Diplomat |
| Website | sre.gob.mx |
Ignacio Mariscal (Oaxaca, Mexico July 5, 1829 – Mexico City April 17, 1910) was a Mexican liberal lawyer, politician, writer, and diplomat. He was named Secretary of Foreign Affairs in 1871–72, for the first time during the Benito Juárez administration. During the Porfirio Diaz's government, he held the office in 1880–83 and 1885–1910. In 1909, he was the President of Mexican Academy of the Language.
Mariscal was born in Oaxaca, Mexico on July 5, 1829; his father were deputy during the Mexican–American War. He studied law at the Oaxaca Institute of Arts and Sciences, where he obtained his bachelor's degree in 1849.
For his opposition to the pro Santa Anna's governor, Ignacio Martínez Pinillo, he moved to Mexico City in 1854. With the triumph of the liberals, Juarez invited him to take part of the Juan Álvarez administration. He was named advisor on the implementation of Ecclesiastical Confiscations Law.
For his law knowledge and experience, his was elected as deputy of the 1857 Constituent Congress of Mexico. This Congress drew up the Constitution of 1857. He was member of the Judicial Committee where he took part on the debates related to the military and ecclesiastical Fuero. With the beginning of the Reform War, he traveled with President Juarez to Veracruz.
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