Juan Francisco Urquidi Márquez (16 July 1881 – 14 December 1938) was a Mexican politician and diplomat who served as

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of Mexico to Colombia from 8 October 1923 to 21 November 1927, and as envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of Mexico to El Salvador from 5 June 1928 to 16 March 1930. From 15 May to 29 October 1914, he also served as confidential agent 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 Februa ...

in the United States.

Biography

Urquidi was born on 16 July 1881 in

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into a wealthy family with ancestry in Chihuahua. His father was Francisco de Paula Urquidi Cárdeña (1821-1881) and his mother Catalina Márquez Barraza (1835-1896). He completed high school at Dean Academy in Franklin, Massachusetts, and eventually graduated from the

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with a bachelor's degree in civil engineering. He married Australian-born nurse Mary Bingham in 1917https://sidbrint.ub.edu/ca/node/23962 He died on 14 December 1938 in Mexico City.

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1881 births 1938 deaths Ambassadors of Mexico to Colombia Ambassadors of Mexico to El Salvador MIT School of Engineering alumni Politicians from Mexico City {{Mexico-diplomat-stub