Rómulo Sebastián Naón Peralta Martínez (1875–1941), was an

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lawyer, politician and

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from 1910 to 1919.

Biography

He was born in 1876 in

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to Julio César Naón Capanegra and Felisa Peralta Martínez de Oliden. He married Isabel Rodríguez Marcenal. In 1914 he attended the

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to reduce tensions between

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and the

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. He died in 1941. On March 4, 1915 Naón and two others received the

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and were awarded

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s (P.L. 63-75, 38 Stat. 1228). The statute reads as follows.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the thanks of Congress to their excellencies be, and they are hereby, presented to their excellencies Señor Domício da Gama, Señor Rómulo S. Naón, and Señor Eduardo Suárez for their generous services as mediators in the controversy between the Government of the United States of America and the leaders of the warring parties in the Republic of Mexico. That the President of the United States is hereby authorized and requested to cause to be made and presented to their excellencies Señor Domicio da Gama, Señor Rómulo S. Naón, and Señor Eduardo Suárez suitable gold medals, appropriately inscribed, which shall express the high estimation in which Congress holds the services of these distinguished statesmen, and the Republics which they represent, in the promotion of peace and order in the American continent.

References

External links

Romulo S. Naon
at the

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1875 births 1941 deaths Ambassadors of Argentina to the United States Argentine diplomats 20th-century Argentine lawyers Argentine politicians Congressional Gold Medal recipients Lawyers from Buenos Aires University of Buenos Aires alumni Burials at La Recoleta Cemetery {{Argentina-politician-stub