Juan Ignacio Luca de Tena, 2nd Marquis of Luca de Tena explained

Honorific-Prefix:	Excelentísimo Señor Don
Juan Ignacio Luca de Tena
Honorific-Suffix:	OIC
Birth Name:	Juan Ignacio Luca de Tena y García de Torres
Birth Date:	23 October 1897
Birth Place:	Madrid, Spain
Death Place:	Madrid, Spain
Signature:	Firma de Juan Ignacio Luca de Tena.svg
Module:	Embed: yes Office: Seat E of the Real Academia Española Term Start: 20 January 1946 Term End: 11 January 1975 Predecessor: Joaquín Álvarez Quintero Successor: Gonzalo Torrente Ballester

Juan Ignacio Luca de Tena y García de Torres, 2nd Marquis of Luca de Tena (Madrid, 23 October 1897  - 11 January 1975) was a Spanish politician, diplomat, journalist and playwright.

Career

Luca de Tena was Member of the Cortes (1958–64) and Ambassador of Spain to Chile (1940–44) and to Greece (1961–62).

Luca de Tena was elected to seat E of the Real Academia Española, he took up his seat on 20 January 1946.^[1]

Personal life

His son was the journalist Guillermo Luca de Tena. His daughter, María Victoria Luca de Tena, was married to Nemesio Fernández-Cuesta, a businessman and journalist.^[2]

Awards and decorations

• Cross of Military Merit
• Campaign medal for the Civil War
• Order of Merit of the German Eagle
• Grand Cross of the Order of Merit (Chile)
• Grand Cross of the Order of Juan Pablo Duarte (Dominican Republic)
• Order of the Medahuia (Morocco)

External links

• Juan Ignacio Luca de Tena y García de Torres, Marquess of Luca de Tena in spanish

Notes and References

1. Web site: Juan Ignacio Luca de Tena - letra E. Real Academia Española. 26 May 2023. es.
2. News: Fallece a los 80 años el empresario y ex ministro Nemesio Fernández-Cuesta. ABC. 11 March 2022. 13 May 2009. Madrid. Spanish.