Ignacio Eugenio Lozano Jr. (January 15, 1927 – December 27, 2023) was an American diplomat who was United States Ambassador to El Salvador. He was appointed to the

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in 1976. He resigned the post following the assumption of the presidency by

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. Lozano was born in

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immigrants

Ignacio E. Lozano Sr. Ignacio Eugenio Lozano Sr. (1886-September 21, 1953) was born in Marín, Nuevo León on Mexico-Texas border. He was a famous journalist of northern Mexico, but he joined the exodus into the United States during the Mexican Revolution., He moved to S ...

and Alicia Elizondo Lozano. He studied

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. From 1953, he was the publisher and editor of '' La Opinión'', a

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newspaper based in

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that his father founded in 1926.''History of Za Opinión: A Family Legacy''
/ref> In 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed Lozano as a consultant to the

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.Meier, Matt S. and Margo Gutiérrez: ''The Mexican American Experience: An Encyclopedia'', Greenwood Publishing Group 2003, He also served on the

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advisory committee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights. Lozano held directorships at

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, and Sempra Energy, and was a member of the

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Personal life

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-born Marta, who was studying literature at

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and was also Mexican American. They had four children: * Leticia Lozano (worked for ''La Opinión'' from 1976–1984) * José Ignacio Lozano (became publisher of ''La Opinión'' in 1986; since 2004 vice chairman of its parent companion, Impremedia LLC), *

Monica C. Lozano Monica Cecilia Lozano (born July 21, 1956) is the president of the College Futures Foundation, based in San Francisco. Previously she was an American newspaper editor, the publisher and CEO of ''La Opinión'' and CEO of its parent company, ImpreMe ...

(current publisher of ''La Opinión'') * Francisco Lozano (corporate director of magazines, Impremedia LLC) Ignacio E. Lozano Jr. died on December 27, 2023, at the age of 96.Ignacio Lozano Jr., part of publishing dynasty that founded La Opinión, dies
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lozano, Ignacio E. Jr. 1927 births 2023 deaths Ambassadors of the United States to El Salvador American people of Mexican descent University of Notre Dame alumni People from San Antonio Hispanic and Latino American diplomats