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Héctor Velázquez (physician)
Héctor Velázquez (1864–1945) was a Paraguayan physician, diplomat and educator. He was the Universidad Nacional de Asunción's first Paraguayan dean, and served as Minister of Foreign Affairs during Juan Bautista Egusquiza's government. He was also Paraguay's first ophthalmologist ever. Biography Early life and studies Velázquez was born in Asunción in 1864 to Cantalicia Velázquez and an unknown father. The first in his class in the Colegio Nacional, he was given a scholarship by the government to study medicine in the University of Buenos Aires' Medical School. Professional life After he'd returned to Paraguay, where he was the first practitioner of ophthalmology in the country ever, he was made dean of the Universidad Nacional de Asunción, a position he held between April 1891 and February 1893, being merely 27 years old when he took the job. A year after leaving that post, he became part of General Juan Bautista Egusquiza's cabinet as Minister of Foreign Affa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minister Of Foreign Affairs (Paraguay)
{{Politics of Paraguay This is a list of foreign ministers of Paraguay from 1846 to the present day. *1846–1855: José Falcón *1855–1862: Nicolás Vázquez *1862: Domingo Francisco Sánchez *1862–1868: José Berges *1868: Gumersindo Benítez (acting) *1868–1869: Luis Caminos *1869–1870: Serapio Machaín (acting) *1870: Bernardo Recalde (acting) *1870–1871: Miguel Palacios *1871: Carlos Loizaga *1871–1872: José Falcón *1872–1873: Gregorio Benítez Inchausti *1873–1874: José del Rosario Miranda (acting) *1874: Cándido Bareiro *1874: José Higinio Uriarte García *1874–1877: Facundo Machaín *1877: Benjamín Aceval *1877–1878: Juan Antonio Jara *1878–1880: Benjamín Aceval *1880–1886: José Segundo Decoud *1886–1887: Benjamín Aceval *1887–1888: José Segundo Decoud *1888–1890: Juan Crisóstomo Centurión *1890–1894: Venancio Víctor López *1894–1895: Héctor Velázquez *1895–1900: José Segundo Decoud *1900–1901: Fabio Q ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
