Alejandro Magariños Cervantes

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Alejandro Magariños Cervantes

Alejandro Magariños Cervantes (born October 3, 1825 in Montevideo , † 1893 in Rocha ) was a Uruguayan politician , writer , university professor and lawyer .

Life

Magariños Cervantes, who completed his law studies in Spain and graduated with a doctorate, returned to Uruguay in 1855 after a subsequent long trip through France. In the same year he started working as a lawyer and became Consul General of Buenos Aires . A year later he returned to Montevideo after President Bernardo Prudencio Berro had appointed him prosecutor. After the victory of Venancio Flores in the assembly of 1865, however, he decided to emigrate again to Buenos Aires. However, under the presidency of Lorenzo Batlle , he returned to his homeland and took over the post of finance minister after his appointment. At the same time he started teaching at the law faculty of the Universidad de la República. From January 14, 1869 to March 12 of the same year, he headed the Foreign Ministry in his home country for a few weeks . In 1878, during the reign of Lorenzo Latorre , he became rector of the Universidad de la República and held this position until 1880. After all, he still held a seat in the Senate until his death in 1893. He was also one of the most important Uruguayan writers of the 19th century.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ List of Foreign Ministers of Uruguay since 1828 ( Memento of February 13, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ List of foreign ministers and their term of office ( Memento of October 10, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) ( Microsoft Excel ) Faculty of Social Sciences at the Universidad de la República
  3. ^ List of foreign ministers on the website of the Uruguayan Foreign Ministry
personal data
SURNAME Magariños Cervantes, Alejandro
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Uruguayan politician and writer
DATE OF BIRTH October 3, 1825
PLACE OF BIRTH Montevideo
DATE OF DEATH 1893
Place of death Rocha