Juan de Dios Cañedo (born in

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, 18 January 1786; died in

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, 28 March 1850) was a Mexican statesman.

Biography

He received a good education and was admitted to the bar in 1809. He was elected a deputy to the

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in 1813, and soon became prominent as a parliamentary orator. While in

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, he published a manifesto to the Spanish nation in defence of the colonial interests, which was eagerly read both in

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and her American possessions. On his return to Mexico in 1824, Cañedo took part in the debate relative to the new republican constitution. He was several times deputy and senator,

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under

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's administration, represented his country as plenipotentiary in

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, and

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, and was in charge of the foreign office and the

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under Bustamante. Afterward he went to

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, where he resided for some years, and had just returned to Mexico when he was killed by an unknown assassin.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Canedo, Juan De Dios 1786 births 1850 deaths 19th-century Mexican lawyers Ambassadors of Mexico to Brazil Secretaries of foreign affairs of Mexico Secretaries of the interior of Mexico People of the Mexican Revolution Members of the Congress of Deputies (Spain) Presidents of the Senate of the Republic (Mexico) People from New Spain