Juan Ignacio Luca de Tena y García de Torres, 2nd Marquis of Luca de Tena (Madrid, 23 October 1897 – 11 January 1975) was a Spanish politician, diplomat,

journalist A journalist is an individual that collects/gathers information in form of text, audio, or pictures, processes them into a news-worthy form, and disseminates it to the public. The act or process mainly done by the journalist is called journalis ...

and playwright.

Career

Luca de Tena was Member of the Cortes (1958–64) and Ambassador of Spain to

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(1940–44) and to

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(1961–62).

Personal life

His son was the journalist Guillermo Luca de Tena. His daughter, María Victoria Luca de Tena, was married to

Nemesio Fernández-Cuesta Nemesio Fernández-Cuesta (1928–2009) was a Spanish economist, businessman, journalist and politician. He was the minister of commerce between 1974 and 1975 during the Franco era. Early life and education Fernández-Cuesta was born in Madrid ...

, a businessman and journalist.

Awards and decorations

* Cross of Military Merit * Campaign medal for the Civil War * Order of Merit of the German Eagle * Grand Cross of the

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* Grand Cross of the Order of Juan Pablo Duarte (Dominican Republic) * Order of the Medahuia (Morocco)

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Juan Ignacio Luca de Tena y García de Torres, Marquess of Luca de Tena in spanish
* 20th-century Spanish journalists 1897 births 1975 deaths ABC (newspaper) editors Politicians from Madrid Spanish male dramatists and playwrights Members of the Royal Spanish Academy Crosses of Naval Merit 20th-century Spanish dramatists and playwrights Ambassadors of Spain to Chile Ambassadors of Spain to Greece 20th-century male writers {{spain-journalist-stub