Juan Francisco Urquidi | |
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Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of Mexico to Colombia | |
In office 8 October 1923 – 21 November 1927[1] | |
Preceded by | José Maximiliano Alfonso de Rosenzweig Díaz[1] |
Succeeded by | Julio Madero González[1] |
Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of Mexico to El Salvador | |
In office 5 June 1928 – 16 March 1930[2] | |
Preceded by | Julio Madero González[2] |
Succeeded by | Francisco de Asís de Icaza y León (interim)[2] |
Personal details | |
Born | Juan Francisco Urquidi Márquez 16 July 1881 Mexico City[3] |
Died | 14 December 1938 Mexico City[3] | (aged 57)
Spouse |
Beatrice Mary (m. 1917) |
Children | Víctor L. Urquidi[4] Magda Urquidi de Acosta, María Catalina Urquidi Bingham |
Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology[5] |
Juan Francisco Urquidi Márquez (16 July 1881 – 14 December 1938)[3] was a Mexican politician and diplomat who served as envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of Mexico to Colombia from 8 October 1923 to 21 November 1927,[1] and as envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of Mexico to El Salvador from 5 June 1928 to 16 March 1930.[2] From 15 May to 29 October 1914, he also served as confidential agent of President Venustiano Carranza in the United States.[6][7][8]
Urquidi was born on 16 July 1881 in Mexico City[3] into a wealthy family with ancestry in Chihuahua.[4] His father was Francisco de Paula Urquidi Cárdeña (1821-1881) and his mother Catalina Márquez Barraza (1835-1896).[3] He completed high school at Dean Academy in Franklin, Massachusetts, and eventually graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a bachelor's degree in civil engineering.[5]
He married Australian-born nurse Mary Bingham in 1917[9] He died on 14 December 1938 in Mexico City.[3]