Florentino Castellanos – Wikipedia

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Florentino José Castellanos (Born March 14, 1809 in Montevideo, † September 25, 1866 ibid) was a Uruguayan politician and lawyer.

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Castellanos was the son of Dr. Francisco Remigio Castellanos (* 1. OKTober 1779 in cerrillos; † 15. Apper Da Manuela of the zeal of the laráte (* 1793 in La Plata, † January 16, 1858 in Montevideo). His father was a member of the Constituent General Congress and finally judge of the Superior Court of Justice . After his brother, the dealer and estanciero José María Castellanos (1807–1882) he was the second child of the family. He had a total of 14 siblings. These included the Estanciero Eduardo Castellanos (Born October 6, 1817 in Buenos Aires, † July 31, 1887 in Durazno) from which the important historian Alfredo Castellanos descends and that of the Partide Colorado Emilio Francisco Castellanos (Born June 16, 1823 in Mendoza, † January 30, 1898 in Montevideo). On August 26, 1837, Florentino married Castellanos Valentina Illa Viamonte . The descendants of the two include the families of Condes Langosco, Winterhalter Castellanos, Carvalho Lerena Castellanos and Castellanos Platero.

Florentino Castellanos began his political career as a member of the Departamento Montevideo and from February 15, 1837 to November 1, 1838 held a mandate in the Cámara de Represant. [first] Castellanos later had the position of the Rector of the Universidad de la República from 1852 to 1854. [2] From March 3, 1852 to July 4, 1853, he was Foreign Minister of Uruguay. [3] [4] [5] He then sat as a senator for the Departamento Durazno in the Cámara de Senadores. There he practiced the office of President of Uruguay from 1857 and 1860 to 1862. In 1858 and 1859 he was the first vice president of this institution. [6] He was also sent to Argentina twice as a general representative. [7]

As part of his political and legal activity, he preferred to devote himself to the topics of the educational system. [8]

  1. List of Uruguayan parliamentarians from 1830 to 2005 on parlamento.gub.uy ( Memento of the Originals from October 29, 2013 in Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been used automatically and not yet checked. Please check original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this note. @first @2 Template: webachiv/iabot/www.parlamento.gub.uy (PDF; 7.4 MB)
  2. Short biography on the website of the Universidad de la República @first @2 Template: Dead Link/www.universidadur.edu.uy ( Page no longer available, search in Webarchiven ) Info: The link was automatically marked as a defect. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this note. (Spanish)
  3. List of Foreign Minister Uruguays since 1828 ( Memento from February 13, 2008 in Internet Archive )
  4. List of foreign ministers and their term ( Memento from October 10, 2008 in Internet Archive ) (Microsoft Excel) Social Science Faculty of the Universidad de la República
  5. List of foreign ministers on the website of the Uruguayan Foreign Ministry ( Memento of the Originals from January 23, 2013 in Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been used automatically and not yet checked. Please check original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this note. @first @2 Template: Webachiv/Iabot/www.mrree.gub.uy
  6. List of Uruguayan parliamentarians from 1830 to 2005 on parlamento.gub.uy ( Memento of the Originals from October 29, 2013 in Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been used automatically and not yet checked. Please check original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this note. @first @2 Template: webachiv/iabot/www.parlamento.gub.uy (PDF file; 7.4 MB)
  7. Genealogical walk in Argentina and Bolivia By Juan Isidro Quesada, p. 21, accessed on February 24, 2012
  8. The streets of the Bicentennial (Spanish), accessed on February 24, 2012
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