Eliseo Arredondo de la Garza (5 May 1870 – 18 October 1923) was a Mexican politician and diplomat who briefly served as

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in the government of President

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; his cousin and father-in-law. Arredondo also served as a federal congressman in the

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, negotiated on behalf of Carranza with revolutionary leader,

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, and, while working as ''

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'' in

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, he secured

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for Carranza's administration from the

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government.

Biography

He was born on 5 May 1870. He served as

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from 21 August 1914 to 29 November 1914. He served as

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from 24 February 1916 to 24 February 1917. In April 1918 he was transferred to the embassy in Madrid. He died on 18 October 1923.

Gallery

File:Eliseo Arredondo.tif, Eliseo Arredondo File:Ricardo Vasquez and Eliseo Arredondo and Jose Arredondo a Oscar E. Duplin and Francesco Paredo and Luis Paredo in 1915.jpg, Ricardo Vasquez, Eliseo Arredondo, Jose Arredondo, Oscar E. Duplin, Francesco Paredo and Luis Paredo in 1915 File:U.S. Mexico Commission in 1916.jpg, The United States - Mexico Commission, 1916 File:Mme. E. Arredondo.tif, María Emery, Eliseo's wife

References

External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:Arredondo, Eliseo 1870 births 1923 deaths Secretaries of the interior of Mexico Ambassadors of Mexico to the United States Politicians from Coahuila Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)