Alejandro Magariños Cervantes (1825 – 1893) was an Uruguayan writer and lawyer. He was

Minister of Finance A ministry of finance is a ministry or other government agency in charge of government finance, fiscal policy, and financial regulation. It is headed by a finance minister, an executive or cabinet position . A ministry of finance's portfolio ...

in 1869.

Biography

Cervantes was born in 1825, in

Montevideo Montevideo (, ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Uruguay, largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2023 census, the city proper has a population of 1,302,954 (about 37.2% of the country's total population) in an area of . M ...

. He went to

Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Eur ...

, receiving his

Juris Doctor A Juris Doctor, Doctor of Jurisprudence, or Doctor of Law (JD) is a graduate-entry professional degree that primarily prepares individuals to practice law. In the United States and the Philippines, it is the only qualifying law degree. Other j ...

, and returned to Uruguay in 1855. He worked as a journalist for ''

El Mercurio de Valparaíso EL, El or el may refer to: Arts and entertainment Fictional entities * El, a character from the manga series ''Shugo Chara!'' by Peach-Pit * Eleven (''Stranger Things'') (El), a fictional character in the TV series ''Stranger Things'' * El, fami ...

'' and . He died in 1893, in Montevideo.

Bibliography

* ''Memories of a good man'' (1849) * ''Caramurú. Life on a whim'' (1850) * ''Columbus and the New World'' (1850) * ''There is no evil that for good does not come'' (1852) * ''Celiar'' (1852)

References

1825 births 1893 deaths Uruguayan male writers 19th-century Uruguayan lawyers University of the Republic (Uruguay) alumni Academic staff of the University of the Republic (Uruguay) University of the Republic (Uruguay) rectors Ministers of economy and finance of Uruguay {{uruguay-writer-stub