Eliseo Arredondo de la Garza (5 May 1870 – 18 October 1923) was a Mexican politician and diplomat who briefly served as

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in the government of President

Venustiano Carranza José Venustiano Carranza de la Garza (; 29 December 1859 – 21 May 1920) was a Mexican wealthy land owner and politician who was Governor of Coahuila when the constitutionally elected president Francisco I. Madero was overthrown in a February ...

; his cousin and father-in-law. Arredondo also served as a federal congressman in the

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, negotiated on behalf of Carranza with revolutionary leader, Pancho Villa, and, while working as ''

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'' in

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, he secured diplomatic recognition for Carranza's administration from the

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government.

Biography

He was born on 5 May 1870. He served as

Secretary of the Interior Secretary of the Interior may refer to: * Secretary of the Interior (Mexico) * Interior Secretary of Pakistan * Secretary of the Interior and Local Government (Philippines) * United States Secretary of the Interior See also

*Interior ministry ...

from 21 August 1914 to 29 November 1914. He served as Ambassador of Mexico to the United States from 24 February 1916 to 24 February 1917. In April 1918 he was transferred to the embassy in Madrid. He died on 18 October 1923.

Gallery

File:Eliseo Arredondo.tif, Eliseo Arredondo File:Ricardo Vasquez and Eliseo Arredondo and Jose Arredondo a Oscar E. Duplin and Francesco Paredo and Luis Paredo in 1915.jpg, Ricardo Vasquez, Eliseo Arredondo, Jose Arredondo, Oscar E. Duplin, Francesco Paredo and Luis Paredo in 1915 File:U.S. Mexico Commission in 1916.jpg, The United States - Mexico Commission, 1916 File:Mme. E. Arredondo.tif, María Emery, Eliseo's wife

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Arredondo, Eliseo 1870 births 1923 deaths Mexican Secretaries of the Interior Ambassadors of Mexico to the United States Politicians from Coahuila Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)