| Ignacio Mariscal | |
| Office: | Secretary of Foreign Affairs |
| President: | Porfirio Diaz |
| Term Start: | 1 December 1885 |
| Term End: | 17 April 1910 |
| Predecessor: | Joaquin Baranda |
| Successor: | Federico Gamboa |
| President2: | Porfirio Díaz Manuel González |
| Term Start2: | 29 November 1880 |
| Term End2: | 15 September 1883 |
| Predecessor2: | Miguel Ruelas |
| Successor2: | José Fernández |
| President3: | Benito Juárez |
| Term Start3: | 25 May 1871 |
| Term End3: | 12 June 1872 |
| Predecessor3: | Manuel Azpíroz |
| Successor3: | José María Lafragua |
| Birth Date: | July 5, 1829 |
| Nationality: | Mexican |
| Relations: | Married |
| Alma Mater: | Oaxaca Institute of Arts and Sciences |
| Profession: | Diplomat |
| Website: | sre.gob.mx |
Ignacio Mariscal (Oaxaca, Mexico July 5, 1829 – Mexico City April 17, 1910) was a Mexican liberal lawyer, politician, writer, and diplomat. He was named Secretary of Foreign Affairs in 1871–72, for the first time during the Benito Juárez administration. During the Porfirio Diaz's government, he held the office in 1880–83 and 1885–1910. In 1909, he was the President of Mexican Academy of the Language.
Mariscal was born in Oaxaca, Mexico on July 5, 1829; his father were deputy during the Mexican–American War. He studied law at the Oaxaca Institute of Arts and Sciences, where he obtained his bachelor's degree in 1849.[1]
For his opposition to the pro Santa Anna's governor, Ignacio Martínez Pinillo, he moved to Mexico City in 1854. With the triumph of the liberals, Juarez invited him to take part of the Juan Álvarez administration. He was named advisor on the implementation of Ecclesiastical Confiscations Law.[1]
For his law knowledge and experience, his was elected as deputy of the 1857 Constituent Congress of Mexico. This Congress drew up the Constitution of 1857. He was member of the Judicial Committee where he took part on the debates related to the military and ecclesiastical Fuero.[2] With the beginning of the Reform War, he traveled with President Juarez to Veracruz.
He wrote several books; among them: