Manuel C. Téllez Acosta (16 February 1885 – 25 May 1937) was a Mexican politician and diplomat who served as

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(1931–1932),

Secretary of Foreign Affairs In many countries, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the government department responsible for the state's diplomacy, bilateral, and multilateral relations affairs as well as for providing support for a country's citizens who are abroad. The entit ...

(1932–1934), Ambassador of Mexico to the United States (1925–1931), and plenipotentiary diplomatic envoy to

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and

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(1934–1935).

Biography

Téllez was born in Zacatecas, Zacatecas, on 16 February 1885. He was the son of José María Téllez and Jovita Acosta. He graduated from the

National Preparatory School The Escuela Nacional Preparatoria ( en, National Preparatory High School) (ENP), the oldest senior High School system in Mexico, belonging to the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), opened its doors on February 1, 1868. It was founde ...

Mexico City Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America. One of the world's alpha cities, it is located in the Valley o ...

. After joining the foreign service, he was appointed

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of Mexico to the United States on 3 September 1923 by President Álvaro Obregón. Except for two months (from 15 April to 22 June 1924), Téllez served in the same post until he was promoted to

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by President Plutarco Elías Calles. He signed the treaty of the General Claims Convention as ambassador, also the Dean of the Diplomatic Corps since August 1930, and served until 9 November 1931, when he resigned to join the cabinet of President Pascual Ortiz Rubio as secretary of the Interior. Téllez didn't last long as secretary of the Interior, as President Ortiz Rubio appointed him secretary of Foreign Affairs in January 1932, substituting

Genaro Estrada Genaro Estrada (June 2, 1887 – September 29, 1937) was a Mexican statesman, academic, and writer. He was Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico between 1930 and 1932 and the architect of the Estrada Doctrine, which stated that the Mexican govern ...

. Téllez died in Mexico City on 25 May 1937. A few decades later, one of his grandsons,

Luis Téllez Luis Manuel Enrique Téllez Kuenzler (born October 13, 1958) is a Mexican economist. He is a former Secretary of Energy in the cabinet of Ernesto Zedillo and served as Secretary of Communications and Transportation in the cabinet of President Fel ...

, served as secretary of Energy in the cabinet of President Ernesto Zedillo and as secretary of Communications and Transportation in the cabinet of President Felipe Calderón.

Works

*' (Mexico, 1932).

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