MANUEL DE

See also:

• MANUEL DE ASPIROZ (1836–1905)

ASPIROZ (1836–1905)  , Mexican statesman and diplomatist, was born at Puebla, and educated at the university of Mexico, where he took his degree in 1855 . He took part in the war against the emperor Maximilian, and in 1867, on the establishment of the republic, was appointed assistant secretary of state for foreign affairs . In 1873 he became Mexican consul at San Francisco, where he remained till his election to the Senate in 1875 . He was professor of jurisprudence at the college of Puebla from 1883 to 1890, when he was again appointed assistant secretary of foreign affairs . From 1899 till he died in 1905 he was Mexican ambassador to the United States . Among his writings may be mentioned; COdigo de extranjeria de los Estados-Unidos Mexicanos (1876), and La liberdad civil como base del derecho international privado (1896) .