José Luis Murature (27 January 1876 – 15 September 1929) was an
Argentine lawyer, journalist, professor and foreign minister of Argentina from 1914 to 1916.
Born in
Buenos Aires
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, the son of José P. Murature and Dolores Legarrete, he was educated at the
Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires
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and the
University of Buenos Aires
The University of Buenos Aires ( es, Universidad de Buenos Aires, UBA) is a public research university in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Established in 1821, it is the premier institution of higher learning in the country and one of the most prestigi ...
. Murature was awarded the degree of Doctor of Laws in 1898. He was later a member of the staff of ''
La Nación
''La Nación'' () is an Argentine daily newspaper. As the country's leading conservative newspaper, ''La Nación''s main competitor is the more liberal '' Clarín''. It is regarded as a newspaper of record for Argentina.
Its motto is: "''La Na ...
'' newspaper in Buenos Aires, rising to Managing Editor.
Murature taught in the Military School, where he held the professorship from 1905 to 1914, and from 1914 to 1916, he acted as the Foreign Minister of Argentina. He died in
Hamburg
(male), (female) en, Hamburger(s),
Hamburgian(s)
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Germany
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, on 15 September 1929.
[Sergi, Jorge (1940). ''Historia de los italianos en la Argentina'', p. 127.]
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1876 births
1929 deaths
20th-century Argentine lawyers
Argentine diplomats
Argentine journalists
Male journalists
Foreign ministers of Argentina
University of Buenos Aires alumni
People from Buenos Aires
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