Ignacio Eugenio Lozano Jr. (January 15, 1927 – December 27, 2023) was an American diplomat who was

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. He was appointed to the ambassadorship by President

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in 1976. He resigned the post following the assumption of the presidency by

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. Lozano was born in

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immigrants Ignacio E. Lozano Sr. and Alicia Elizondo Lozano. He studied

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. From 1953, he was the publisher and editor of ''

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'', a

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newspaper based in

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that his father founded in 1926. In 1964, President

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appointed Lozano as a consultant to the

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.Meier, Matt S. and Margo Gutiérrez: ''The Mexican American Experience: An Encyclopedia'', Greenwood Publishing Group 2003, He also served on the

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advisory committee to the

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. Lozano held directorships at

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, and

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, and was a member of the

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Personal life

Ignacio Eugenio Lozano Jr. was born on January 15, 1927. He married

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-born Marta, who was studying literature at

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and was also Mexican American. They had four children: * Leticia Lozano (worked for ''La Opinión'' from 1976–1984) * José Ignacio Lozano (became publisher of ''La Opinión'' in 1986; since 2004

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of its parent companion, Impremedia LLC), *

Monica C. Lozano Monica Cecilia Lozano (born July 21, 1956) is the president of the College Futures Foundation, based in San Francisco. Previously she was an American newspaper editor, the publisher and CEO of '' La Opinión'' and CEO of its parent company, Impre ...

(current publisher of ''La Opinión'') * Francisco Lozano (corporate director of magazines, Impremedia LLC) Ignacio E. Lozano Jr. died on December 27, 2023, at the age of 96.Ignacio Lozano Jr., part of publishing dynasty that founded La Opinión, dies
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References

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