Ángel G. Hernández ( – ) was a Honduran professor, politician, and diplomat. He served as Minister of Public Education from 1943 to 1949, and he was also the ambassador to the governments of

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and

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, being also appointed as a delegate of the Honduran government in many international conferences.

Career

As a delegate to the "Consolidation of Peace" conference in the city of

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, he proposed the paper "Formation of the Citizen of America through Civic Education". In the city of

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, the "Generalization of the Custom of Baptizing Schools -with the name of American countries- and the disclosure of the agreements approved in International Conferences". This resolution culminated in the Charter of America issued by the

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. Years later, at the conference in

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, he mentioned the way in which the "Mutual Knowledge of American Peoples" can be built in schools; at the conference in

, he mentioned the issue of Illiteracy; at the

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conference, the topic "The Freedom of Teaching", paper that was approved and recommended by the teachers of

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to the Secretary of Education of Mexico, Ezequiel Padilla Peñaloza. In 1946, when he was Minister of Education, he issued the corresponding decree, allocating the budget for the construction of the National Stadium of Honduras.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hernandez, Angel G. 1890 births 1971 deaths Ambassadors of Honduras to Panama Ambassadors of Honduras to Peru Government ministers of Honduras Honduran academics Honduran politicians Grand Crosses of the Order of the Sun of Peru