Teodosio Lares he was a Mexican lawyer and politician. He studied Philosophy and Jurisprudence in the Seminary of Guadalajara. In 1827 he began his career as a lawyer in the Supreme Court of the State of

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. He returned to

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, where he was magistrate of the Supreme Court of Justice. In 1836 he was director of the Literary Institute of Zacatecas. In 1848 he was deputy to the General Congress for the state of Zacatecas. In 1850 he was appointed senator of the Tercio by the

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. From 1858 to 1860, during the

War of Reform The Reform War, or War of Reform ( es, Guerra de Reforma), also known as the Three Years' War ( es, Guerra de los Tres Años), was a civil war in Mexico lasting from January 11, 1858 to January 11, 1861, fought between liberals and conservativ ...

, he was Minister of Justice in the presidencies of Félix María Zuloaga and

Miguel Miramón Miguel Gregorio de la Luz Atenógenes Miramón y Tarelo, known as Miguel Miramón, (29 September 1831 – 19 June 1867) was a Mexican conservative general who became president of Mexico at the age of twenty seven during the Reform War, serving b ...

. In 1863, during the French intervention, he was Minister of the Supreme Court of Justice of the

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. From 1866 to 1867, during the rule of

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, he was president of the Supreme Court of Justice, and president of the Council of Ministers of the Empire. He was decorated as Commander of the Imperial Order of the Mexican Eagle and with the First Class Medal for Civil Merit.El Lic. Don Teodosio Lares:
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lares, Teodosio Mexican Empire 19th-century Mexican politicians 19th-century Mexican lawyers Mexican monarchists 1806 births 1870 deaths Politicians from Aguascalientes