Ismael Gomez Fuentes
Ismael Gómez Fuentes (born July 14, 1878 in San Salvador , † May 16, 1934 in Santa Tecla ) was a Salvadoran diplomat .
Life
Ismael Gómez Fuentes was an orphan in childhood . He attended the Escuela Politécnica ( military academy ), which was founded shortly before, and was directed by General José María Francés y Roselló, qualified and was sent to Berlin with two fellow students for three years for further studies . He was then employed at the Salvadorean consulates in Guatemala City and San José (Costa Rica) as embassy secretary when Alberto Masferrer had exequatur for Costa Rica .
During this time he also began to write for newspapers and magazines. Back in El Salvador, he wrote for Diario de El Salvador, edited by Román Mayorga Rivas , for El Figaro , La Pluma and La Semana Literaria . Alongside Arturo Ambrogi and Luis Lagos y Lagos, he was one of the most widely read journalists in El Salvador at the time.
As a result, he was employed by War Minister General Fernando Figueroa as private secretary. In 1906, during the war against Guatemala, he was made lieutenant colonel . In 1907 he married María Castellanos Palomo in Santa Tecla, the daughter of Jacinto Castellanos Rivas. He became general agent for Singer sewing machines in El Salvador. In the summer of 1918 he became general secretary of the Partido Nacional Democrático , the state party of the Dinastía Meléndez-Quiñones .
In March 1919 he was sent to Madrid and Rome as legation secretary . By the end of 1925 he was chargé d'affaires in Madrid , represented there the Postmaster at the conference of the Universal Postal Union and 1924 was representative of salvadoreanschen government for a contract to arbitration with the government of Uruguay . From December 1925 to May 1931 he was envoy extraordinary and ministerial plénipotentiaire in Berlin.
Back in El Salvador he was editor of the daily newspaper "El Día" until a few months before his death. He was the founder of the Academia Salvadoreña de la Historia .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jacinto Castellanos Rivas
- ^ Academia Salvadoreña de la Historia, Ministerio de Educación, Dirección General de Publicaciones, 1967, San Salvador, 424 p., P. 299
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| José María Peralta Lagos |
Salvadoran Chargé d'affaires in Madrid March 1919 to December 1925 |
Rodolfo Schonenberg Raúl Contreras |
|
Salvadoran envoy in Berlin December 1925 to May 1931 |
Samuel Jorge Dawson |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gómez Fuentes, Ishmael |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Salvadoran diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 14, 1878 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | San Salvador |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 16, 1934 |
| Place of death | Santa Tecla |