Background
PUIG CASSAURANC, José was born on January 31, 1888 in Carmen, Campeche. Son of Manuel Puig and Carmen Cassauranc de Puig.
Diplomat physician and public man
PUIG CASSAURANC, José was born on January 31, 1888 in Carmen, Campeche. Son of Manuel Puig and Carmen Cassauranc de Puig.
Director of the Railway Hospital in Tehuantepec. Founded an editorial company entitled Louisiana Rosón, 1929, which published a monthly Resumen as well as popular editions of Mexican novels of the Revolution. Director of the periodical El Demócrata, 1924.
National deputy, 1912.
National senator, 1924. Director of the electoral campaign of General Plutarco Elias Calles, under whose presidency he held the post of Secretary of Public Education, 1924-1928.
Ambassador to the United States, 1931-1933. Mexican representative to the VIII Pan-American Conference held at Montevideo, 1933.
Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1933 to 1934.
Ambassador to Argentina since 1935.
Academia Nacional de Medicina (member ex-cátedra). Academia Hispanoamericana de Ciencias y Artes de Cádiz.