Background

Juan Cuestas's father Juan Lindolfo Cuestas

Juan Lindolfo Cuestas

Juan Lindolfo Cuestas was a Uruguayan politician and served as the president of Uruguay from 1897 until 1899 and for a second term from 1899 to 1903.-Background:...

 served two terms as President of Uruguay

President of Uruguay

The President of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay is the head of state of Uruguay. His or her rights are determined in the Constitution of Uruguay. Conforms with the Secretariat of the Presidency, the Council of Ministers and the Director of the Office of Planning and Budget, the executive branch...

 at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries.

Career

Juan Cuestas was a prominent diplomat, appointed Uruguay

Uruguay

Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...

's first Ambassador to Mexico

Mexico

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 in 1901. He was previously Minister to Washington, DC.

Being from a political culture where political families are common, Juan Cuestas was mentioned as a political figure with Presidential leadership prospects, but which did not come to fruition .

See also

• List of political families#Uruguay
• List of Uruguayan Ambassadors to the United States#Uruguayan Ministers Plenipotentiary to the United States