Ignacio Mariscal (

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, Mexico July 5, 1829 –

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April 17, 1910) was a Mexican

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lawyer, politician, writer, and diplomat. He was named

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in 1871–72, for the first time during the

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administration. During the

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's government, he held the office in 1880–83 and 1885–1910. In 1909, he was the President of

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Biography

Mariscal was born in

, Mexico on July 5, 1829; his father were deputy during the

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. He studied law at the Oaxaca Institute of Arts and Sciences, where he obtained his bachelor's degree in 1849. For his opposition to the pro

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's governor, Ignacio Martínez Pinillo, he moved to

in 1854. With the triumph of the liberals, Juarez invited him to take part of the

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administration. He was named advisor on the implementation of Ecclesiastical Confiscations Law. For his law knowledge and experience, his was elected as deputy of the 1857 Constituent

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. This Congress drew up the

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. He was member of the Judicial Committee where he took part on the debates related to the military and ecclesiastical

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. With the beginning of the

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, he traveled with

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Juarez to

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Writings

He wrote several books; among them: * ''Exposición sobre el código de procedimientos penales'' (1880) México; * ''Historia de las dificultades entre México y Guatemala. Proyectada Intervención de Estados Unidos. Algunos documentos oficiales'' (1882); * ''Discursos de los Exmos. Señores L. Marroquín é I. Mariscal en la Academia Mexicana de la Lengua'' (1899) México: Imp. Francisco Díaz de León. * ''Memoria que en cumplimiento del precepto constitucional presenta al duodécimo Congreso de la Unión, el C. Ignacio Mariscal rendido ante el Senado acerca del tratado de límites entre Yucatán y Belice'' (1893) México; * ''El Cuervo'', original de

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, traducción (1895); * ''Concurso científico nacional'' (1897); * ''Don

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o la clemencia mexicana'' (1900); * '' Juárez y el libro de Bulnes'' (1904); * ''Episodios en la vida de Juárez'' (1906); * ''Poesías'' (1911) Madrid. Editor Balbino Dávalos.

References

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