Jose María Montoya | |
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Chargé d'affaires of Mexico to the United States (ad interim) | |
In office 10 September 1828 – February 1830 [1] | |
President | Pablo Obregón [1] |
Preceded by | José María Tornel [1] |
In office 6 June 1831 – 31 December 1833 [1] | |
Preceded by | José María Tornel [1] |
Succeeded by | Joaquín María del Castillo y Lanzas [1] |
Personal details | |
Nationality | Mexican |
Jose María Montoya was a Mexican diplomat who served twice as ad interim chargé d'affaires of Mexico to the United States of America (1828–1830 and 1831–1833). [1]
During his first stint as chargé d'affaires, Montoya substituted Envoy Pablo Obregón, a former colonel in the Army of the Three Guarantees who committed suicide at the embassy in August 1828. [2] [3]
From February 1830 to June 1831, he was substituted by José María Tornel, who served several times as secretary of War in the cabinet of Antonio López de Santa Anna. [4] When Tornel returned to Mexico, Montoya was reappointed as chargé and held the post until 31 December 1833, when he was substituted by Joaquín María del Castillo y Lanzas. [1]
Montoya kept working at the embassy as trade commissioner (in Spanish: encargado de negocios), and was substituted in that post by the ephemeral Mexican emperor, Agustín de Iturbide. [5]
El encargado de negocios era desde el 28 de agosto de 1828 José María Montoya, quien sustituyó al segundo ministro plenipotenciario enviado a Estados Unidos, el coronel Pablo Obregón —que se suicidó.