Ezequiel Padilla Peñaloza
| Ezequiel Padilla | |
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Ezequiel Padilla in 1929
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| Secretary of Foreign Affairs | |
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In office 1940–1945 |
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| President | Manuel Ávila Camacho |
| Preceded by | Eduardo Hay |
| Succeeded by | Francisco Castillo Nájera |
| Secretary of Public Education | |
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In office 1928–1930 |
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| President | Emilio Portes Gil |
| Preceded by | Moisés Sáenz |
| Succeeded by | Plutarco Elías Calles |
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Ezequiel Padilla Peñaloza December 31, 1890 Coyuca de Catalán, Guerrero |
| Died | September 6, 1971 (aged 80) Mexico City |
| Nationality | Mexican |
| Spouse(s) | María Guadalupe Couttolenc |
| Children | Evangelina Francesca |
| Alma mater | Escuela Libre de Derecho |
| Profession | Politician and diplomat |
Ezequiel Padilla Peñaloza (December 31, 1890 – September 6, 1971) was a Mexican statesman. Born in Coyuca de Catalán, Guerrero, he served in the Senate, as Attorney General in 1928, as Secretary of Education from 1928 to 1930, as ambassador to Hungary from 1930 to 1932, and as Secretary of Foreign Affairs from 1940 to 1945.
His appointment to the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs by President Manuel Ávila Camacho marked an end to the Post-Revolutionary domination of politicians from the North of the country. With his co-cabinet member Miguel Alemán Valdés (Secretary of the Interior), he "gave Mexico the most progressive foreign policy and the most orderly internal government in the nation's history." By 1941, he had successfully settled all foreign claims against the government stemming from the Cárdenas-era expropriations. He negotioated a favorable economic treaty, fixed the peso to the United States dollar, and secured loans for industrial development from the Export-Import Bank of the United States.
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