Genaro Estrada
Genaro Estrada (June 2, 1887 – September 29, 1937) was a Mexican statesman, academic, and writer. He was Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico between 1930 and 1932 and the architect of the Estrada Doctrine, which stated that the Mexican government would acknowledge any foreign government, no matter how it came into power. This doctrine would influence Mexican politics all throughout the 20th century. • Illustration — Genaro Estrada
Genaro Estrada
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- Born
- 1887 · Mazatlán.
- Died
- 1937 · Mexico City.
- Nationality
- Mexico
- Occupation
- poet · historian · diplomat · journalist · politician · university teacher · bibliographer
- Education
- National Autonomous University of Mexico
- Honours
- Officer of the Legion of Honour · Knight of the Order of the Crown of Italy · Knight of the Order of Isabella the Catholic · Order of the Sun of Peru
- Languages
- Spanish
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Biography
Biography
Genaro Estrada studied at National Autonomous University of Mexico. The recorded working language is Spanish. Employment is recorded with National Autonomous University of Mexico and Escuela Nacional Preparatoria. Positions recorded include Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico and ambassador of Mexico to Spain. Work by Genaro Estrada is recorded in the collections of Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes. Distinctions recorded are Officer of the Legion of Honour, Knight of the Order of the Crown of Italy, Knight of the Order of Isabella the Catholic and Order of the Sun of Peru.
Estrada was born in Mazatlán, Sinaloa. He served as a journalist in Mazatlán early in life and moved to Mexico City in 1912, where he was professor at the Escuela Nacional Preparatoria and entered the capital's cultural and political life. He became involved in government after the Mexican Revolution. By the end of the 1920s he served as ambassador to Spain and minister to Portugal and Turkey. He later became professor at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, where he founded the Academia Mexicana de la Historia. He also published a novel, Pero Galín (1926), and four books of satirical and political poetry. He died in Mexico City in 1937.
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Genaro Estrada was a diplomat, historian, journalist, poet and “Bibliograf”, born on 2 June 1887 and died on 29 September 1937 in México. Genaro Estrada was born in Mazatlán, Mexico, according to the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and the Bibliothèque nationale de France. The death is recorded by the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
Career and activity
Career and activity
He was employed by National Autonomous University of Mexico and Escuela Nacional Preparatoria. Recorded positions include Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico, ambassador of Mexico to Spain, ambassador of Mexico to Portugal and ambassador of Mexico to Turkey. He belonged to Academia Mexicana de la Lengua and Mexican Academy of History.
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Genaro Estrada is recorded with the occupation university teacher. Recorded as having received Officer of the Legion of Honour, Knight of the Order of the Crown of Italy and Knight of the Order of Isabella the Catholic. Within the Encyclopedia. Connected to 1 other published record in the VALÉORINE Encyclopedia.
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1887
Genaro Estrada was born on 2 June 1887.
1937
Genaro Estrada died on 29 September 1937.
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Genaro Estrada received Officer of the Legion of Honour, Knight of the Order of the Crown of Italy, Knight of the Order of Isabella the Catholic and Order of the Sun of Peru.
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