Antonio F. Díaz Explained

Antonio Felipe Díaz
Order:Minister of Finance and of War and the Navy of the
Office:Gobierno del Cerrito
Term Start:1843
Term End:1851
President:Manuel Oribe
Order2:Minister of Finance and of War and the Navy of
Office2:Uruguay
Term Start2:1838
Term End2:1838
President2:Manuel Oribe
Predecessor2:?
Successor2:?
Birth Name:Antonio Felipe Díaz de Castañon y Hernández
Birth Date:March 26, 1789
Birth Place:A Coruña, Spain
Death Date:September 12, 1869
Death Place:Montevideo, Uruguay
Spouse:María Dionisia Gómez Soriano
Relatives:Eduardo Acevedo Díaz
(grandson)
Occupation:army
politician
writer
journalist
Profession:military man
Serviceyears:(1807-1865)

Antonio Felipe Díaz (1789–1869) was a Uruguayan general and politician, who participated in the Argentine War of Independence and the Guerra Grande in the Banda Oriental. He was also a writer and journalist, author of several newspapers, including El Correo Nacional and El Defensor de la Independencia Americana.

He briefly served as a cabinet minister during the presidency of Manuel Oribe in 1838, during his term as president of the Cerrito,[1] serving as Minister of Finance and of War and the Navy of Uruguay.

Born in La Coruña, Spain, as the son of Domingo Díaz de Castañón and Manuela Hernández de Miera, he belonged to a distinguished Spanish family established in Buenos Aires and Montevideo. He was married to María Dionisia Gómez Soriano, daughter of José Gómez Soriano and Cayetana Tadea Torres.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Manuel Flores Mora, Maneco, parlamentario, periodista, escritor, historiador, crítico literario. 1986. República Oriental del Uruguay, Cámara de Representantes.