Ignacio Mariscal (Oaxaca, Mexico July 5, 1829 â Mexico City April 17, 1910) was a Mexican liberal lawyer, politician, writer, and diplomat. He was named Secretary of Foreign Affairs in 1871âÂÂ72, for the first time during the Benito Juárez administration. During the Porfirio Diaz's government, he held the office in 1880âÂÂ83 and 1885âÂÂ1910. In 1909, he was the President of Mexican Academy of the Language.
Mariscal was born in Oaxaca, Mexico on July 5, 1829; his father were deputy during the MexicanâÂÂAmerican War. He studied law at the Oaxaca Institute of Arts and Sciences, where he obtained his bachelor's degree in 1849.
For his opposition to the pro Santa Anna's governor, Ignacio MartÃÂnez Pinillo, he moved to Mexico City in 1854. With the triumph of the liberals, Juarez invited him to take part of the Juan ÃÂlvarez administration. He was named advisor on the implementation of Ecclesiastical Confiscations Law.
For his law knowledge and experience, his was elected as deputy of the 1857 Constituent Congress of Mexico. This Congress drew up the Constitution of 1857. He was member of the Judicial Committee where he took part on the debates related to the military and ecclesiastical Fuero. With the beginning of the Reform War, he traveled with President Juarez to Veracruz.
He wrote several books; among them: