Juan Ignacio Luca de Tena, 2nd Marquis of Luca de Tena

Juan Ignacio Luca de Tena y García de Torres, 2nd Marquis of Luca de Tena (Madrid, 23 October 1897 – 11 January 1975) was a Spanish politician, diplomat, journalist and playwright.

Career

Luca de Tena was a Member of the Cortes (1958–64) and Ambassador of Spain to Chile (1940–44) and to Greece (1961–62).

Luca de Tena was elected to seat E of the Real Academia Española. He took up his seat on 20 January 1946.

Personal life

His son was the journalist Guillermo Luca de Tena. His daughter, María Victoria Luca de Tena, was married to Nemesio Fernández-Cuesta, a businessman and journalist.

He died at his home at in Madrid on the morning of January 11, 1975.

Awards and decorations

• Cross of Military Merit
• Campaign medal for the Civil War
• Order of Merit of the German Eagle
• Grand Cross of the Order of Merit (Chile)
• Grand Cross of the Order of Juan Pablo Duarte (Dominican Republic)
• Order of the Medahuia (Morocco)

References

External links

• Juan Ignacio Luca de Tena y García de Torres, Marquess of Luca de Tena in spanish