Teodosio Lares

Teodosio Lares he was a Mexican lawyer and politician. He studied Philosophy and Jurisprudence in the Seminary of Guadalajara. In 1827 he began his career as a lawyer in the Supreme Court of the State of Jalisco.[1] He returned to Zacatecas, where he was magistrate of the Supreme Court of Justice. In 1836 he was director of the Literary Institute of Zacatecas. In 1848 he was deputy to the General Congress for the state of Zacatecas. In 1850 he was appointed senator of the Tercio by the Chamber of Deputies.

Teodosio Lares
Teodosio Lares on the left
3rd First Minister of Mexico
In office
October 6, 1866 – March 18, 1867
Monarch Maximilian I
Preceded byJosé María Lacunza
Succeeded bySantiago Vidaurri
Personal details
BornMay 29, 1806
Aguascalientes, Mexico
DiedJanuary 22, 1870
Mexico City, Mexico
Political partyConservative

From 1858 to 1860, during the War of Reform, he was Minister of Justice in the presidencies of Félix María Zuloaga and Miguel Miramón. In 1863, during the French intervention, he was Minister of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Regency.

From 1866 to 1867, during the rule of Maximilian of Habsburg, he was president of the Supreme Court of Justice, and president of the Council of Ministers of the Empire. He was decorated as Commander of the Imperial Order of the Mexican Eagle and with the First Class Medal for Civil Merit.[2]

References
  1. Ríos Zúñiga, Rosalina (2001). «La creación de un plan de estudios moderno en el Instituto Literario de Zacatecas (1832-1854)». University and society in Hispano-America: Grupos de Poder Siglos XVIII y XIX
  2. El Lic. Don Teodosio Lares: Philosophical criticism or bibliographic and critical study of Philosophy works written, translated or published in Mexico from the 16th century to the present day.
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