Florentino Castellanos

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Florentino Castellanos

Florentino José Castellanos (born March 14, 1809 in Montevideo , † September 25, 1866 ibid) was a Uruguayan politician and lawyer .

Castellanos was the son of Dr. Francisco Remigio Castellanos (born October 1, 1779 in Cerrillos; † April 15, 1839 in Montevideo) and Da Manuela de Zevallos Larreátegui (* 1793 in La Plata; † January 16, 1858 in Montevideo). His father was a member of the Congreso General Constituyente in 1824 and finally a judge of the Superior Tribunal de Justicia . After his brother, the dealer and estanciero José María Castellanos (1807–1882), he was the second child of the family. He had a total of 14 siblings. These included the Estanciero Eduardo Castellanos (* October 6, 1817 in Buenos Aires; † July 31, 1887 in Durazno) from whom the important historian Alfredo Castellanos is descended and the politician Emilio Francisco Castellanos (born June 16, 1823, who belongs to the Partido Colorado) in Mendoza; † January 30, 1898 in Montevideo). On August 26, 1837, Florentino Castellanos married Valentina Illa Viamonte . The descendants of the two include the Condes Langosco, Winterhalter Castellanos, Carvalho Lerena Castellanos and Castellanos Platero families.

Florentino Castellanos began his political career as a member of the Department of Montevideo and held a mandate in the Cámara de Representantes from February 15, 1837 to November 1, 1838 . Later Castellanos held the position of Rector of the Universidad de la República from 1852 to 1854 . From March 3, 1852 to July 4, 1853 he was Foreign Minister of Uruguay . He then sat as Senator for the Durazno Department in the Cámara de Senadores . There he held the office of President of the Senate of Uruguay from 1857 and 1860 to 1862. In 1858 and 1859 he was the first vice-president of this institution. He was also sent twice to Argentina as General Manager.

In the context of his political and legal work, he preferred to devote himself to topics related to education.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ List of Uruguayan parliamentarians from 1830 to 2005 on parlamento.gub.uy ( Memento of the original from October 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 7.4 MB)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.parlamento.gub.uy
  2. ↑ Short biography on the website of the Universidad de la República  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Spanish)@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.universidadur.edu.uy  
  3. ↑ List of Foreign Ministers of Uruguay since 1828 ( Memento of February 13, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ 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
  5. ^ List of foreign ministers on the website of the Uruguayan Foreign Ministry
  6. ↑ List of Uruguayan parliamentarians from 1830 to 2005 on parlamento.gub.uy ( Memento of the original from October 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF file; 7.4 MB)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.parlamento.gub.uy
  7. ↑ Paseo genealógico por la Argentina y Bolivia by Juan Isidro Quesada , p. 21, accessed on February 24, 2012
  8. ↑ Las calles del Bicentenario (Spanish), accessed February 24, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Castellanos, Florentino
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Castellanos, Florentino José
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Uruguayan politician
DATE OF BIRTH March 14, 1809
PLACE OF BIRTH Montevideo
DATE OF DEATH September 25, 1866
Place of death Montevideo