Benjamín Aceval (diplomat)

Benjamín Aceval
Monument to Benjamín Aceval on his namesake city
Paraguayan Ambassador to the United States
In office 1877–1879
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Paraguay
In office 1877–1877
Preceded by	Facundo Machaín
Succeeded by	Juan Antonio Jara
In office 1878–1880
Preceded by	Juan Antonio Jara
Succeeded by	José Segundo Decoud
In office 1886–1887
Preceded by	José Segundo Decoud
Succeeded by	José Segundo Decoud
Personal details
Born	Tomás Benjamín Aceval Marín 1845 (1845) Asuncion
Died	July 25, 1900(1900-07-25) (aged 54–55) Asuncion
Alma mater	1873 Doctor of Law of the University of Buenos Aires.

Tomás Benjamín Aceval Marín (1845 – July 25, 1900) was a Paraguayan statesman, educator and diplomat.

Career

He spent most of his youth in Argentina, where he finished his law studies in 1873.

1874 he was minister of justice in the Government of Juan Bautista Gill.[1]

From 1877 to March 1879 he was Minister Plenipotentiary in special mission in Washington, D.C. and represented the government of Higinio Uriarte in the Chaco Boreal dispute with Argentina, after the Paraguayan War, to the President of the U.S.A. Rutherford B. Hayes. In his arbitration, Hayes awarded the region to Paraguay.

From March 1879 to 1886 he was rector of the Colegio Nacional de la Capital.

In 1886, he was foreign minister in the Government of Patricio Escobar.

On February 16, 1887 he negotiated with the Bolivian plenipotentiary Isaac Tamayo,[2] the abortive Aceval-Tamayo Treaty.[3]

He was Minister of Finance of Paraguay from 1895 to 1897.[4]

He died of Bubonic plague, amidst an epidemic that hit Asuncion.

Benjamín Aceval, a town in the Department of Presidente Hayes in Paraguay is named in his honor.[5]

References

1. Barbara A. Tenenbaum, Georgette M. Dorn, Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture: Abad to Casa, C. Scribner's Sons, 1996 – 590 p.p. 8
2. TAMAYO, ISAAC. Nació en La Paz el 12 de marzo de 1844 y murió en la misma ciudad el 8 de agosto de 1914. Su seudónimo: Thajmara. Economista, diplomático, sociólogo, político de conducta contradictoria. Oficial mayor bajo el gobierno
3. Nickson, p.28,f
4. Ministerio de Hacienda de Paraguay. "Ministerio de Hacienda - Galería de Ministros y Sedes" (PDF). Ministerio de Hacienda.
5. The economic reconstruction of Paraguay in the postwar period: politics and property in the era of General Caballero, 1869–1904, p. 272 R. Andrew Nickson, Historical Dictionary of Paraguay, [1]