José María Lacunza Blengio (18 August 1809 – 2 January 1869) was a Mexican politician and diplomat. In 1836, with his brother Juan Nepomuceno, he founded the , where he published his ''Historical Discourses''. As a columnist he wrote for ''El Mosaico Mexicano'', ''El Siglo Diez y Nueve'' and ''El Monitor Republicano''. He was the

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in 1848. From 10 May 1849 to 15 January 1851, he held the position of Minister of Relations during the government of

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. During his tenure, he was in charge of handling the debt with the Spanish creditors. Additionally, he worked on the

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, rejecting the free passage through the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, which the

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government claimed, could maintain the negative in favor of national sovereignty. He was president of the

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and was in charge of the Directorate General of Funds and Public Instruction, being Minister of Finance during the presidential term of

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.The foreign ministers of Mexico through their history
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he was Minister of State of

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and promoter of cultural policy. Overthrown the Empire was banished to

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where he died in 1869.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lacunza, Jose Maria 19th-century Mexican politicians Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) Mexican columnists Mexican Empire Mexican diplomats 1809 births 1869 deaths Mexican people of Italian descent Politicians from Mexico City