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{{Short description| Colombian lawyer and diplomat (1875–1965)}}
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|name = Domingo Esguerra Plata
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|order = 3rd
|ambassador_from = Colombia
|ambassador_from = Colombia
|country = United Kingdom
|country = United Kingdom
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|president = [[Mariano Ospina Pérez]]
|president = [[Mariano Ospina Pérez]]
|predecessor = [[Darío Echandía Olaya]]
|predecessor = [[Darío Echandía Olaya]]
|successor = [[Rafael Sánchez Amaya]]
|successor = Rafael Sánchez Amaya
|office2 = [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Colombia)|Minister of Foreign Affairs of Colombia]]
|office2 = [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Colombia)|Minister of Foreign Affairs]]
|term_start2 = 5 May 1947
|term_start2 = 5 May 1947
|term_end2 = 21 March 1948
|term_end2 = 21 March 1948
|president2 = [[Mariano Ospina Pérez]]
|president2 = [[Mariano Ospina Pérez]]
|predecessor2 = [[Luis López de Mesa Gómez]]
|predecessor2 = [[Luis López de Mesa]]
|successor2 = [[Laureano Gómez Castro]]
|successor2 = [[Laureano Gómez]]
|order3 = 1st
|ambassador_from3 = Colombia
|ambassador_from3 = Colombia
|country3 = Brazil
|country3 = Brazil
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|term_end3 = 16 January 1940
|term_end3 = 16 January 1940
|president3 = [[Eduardo Santos Montejo]]
|president3 = [[Eduardo Santos Montejo]]
|predecessor3 = *''Office created''
|predecessor3 = ''Position established''
|successor3 = [[Carlos Lozano y Lozano]]
|successor3 = [[Carlos Lozano y Lozano]]
|order4 =
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|president4 = [[Alfonso López Pumarejo]]
|president4 = [[Alfonso López Pumarejo]]
|predecessor4 =
|predecessor4 =
|successor4 = *''Office abolished''
|successor4 = ''Position abolished''
|order5 = 1st
|office5 = Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Colombia to Japan
|office5 = Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Colombia to Japan
|term_start5 = 28 April 1934
|term_start5 = 28 April 1934
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|president5 = [[Enrique Olaya Herrera]]
|president5 = [[Enrique Olaya Herrera]]
|successor5 = Alfredo Michelsen Mantilla
|successor5 = Alfredo Michelsen Mantilla
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|office7 = [[Ministry of Finance and Public Credit (Colombia)|Minister of Finance and Treasury]]
|order7 = 9th
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|office7 = Ministry of Finance and Public Credit (Colombia){{!}}Minister of Finance and Treasury of Colombia
|term_start7 = 26 May 1909
|term_start7 = 26 May 1909
|term_end7 = 10 June 1909
|term_end7 = 10 June 1909
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|successor7 = [[Fidel Cano Gutiérrez]]
|successor7 = [[Fidel Cano Gutiérrez]]
|birth_date = {{Birth date|1875|03|28|df=yes}}
|birth_date = {{Birth date|1875|03|28|df=yes}}
|birth_place = [[Falán|Santana de las Lajas]], [[Tolima State|Tolima]], [[United States of Colombia]]
|birth_place = [[Falán|Santana]], [[Tolima State|Tolima]], [[United States of Colombia]]
|death_date = 1965
|death_date = 1965
|death_place = [[Bogotá, D.C.]], [[Colombia]]
|death_place = [[Bogotá, D.C.]], [[Colombia]]
|nationality = [[Colombian people|Colombian]]
|nationality = [[Colombian people|Colombian]]
|party = [[Colombian Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|party = [[Colombian Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|spouse = Paulina Rueda Vargas <small>(1908-1946)</small><br>Susana Flórez Mariño <small>(1948-1965)
|spouse = Paulina Rueda Vargas <small>(1908-1946)</small><br>Susana Flórez Mariño <small>(1948-1965)</small>
|alma_mater = {{nowrap|[[Republican University of Colombia]] <small>([[Juris Doctor|JD]], 1896)}}
|alma_mater = [[Republican University of Colombia]] <small>([[Juris Doctor|JD]], 1896)</small>
|profession = [[Lawyer]]
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{{Spanish name|Esguerra|Plata}}

'''Domingo Esguerra Plata''' (28 March 1875 &ndash; 1965) was a Colombian lawyer who served as [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Colombia)|Minister of Foreign Affairs of Colombia]], [[Ambassador of Colombia to Brazil]], and [[Embassy of Colombia, London|Ambassador of Colombia to the United Kingdom]].
'''Domingo Esguerra Plata''' (28 March 1875 &ndash; 1965) was a Colombian lawyer who served as [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Colombia)|Minister of Foreign Affairs of Colombia]], [[Ambassador of Colombia to Brazil]], and [[Embassy of Colombia, London|Ambassador of Colombia to the United Kingdom]].


==Career==
==Career==
Graduated ''[[Juris Doctor]]'' from ''Universidad Repúblicana'' in Bogotá (now the [[Free University of Colombia]]) on 26 June 1896,<ref>{{cite journal |year=1963 |title=Doctor Domingo Esguerra |journal=Revista Bolivariana |issue=71 |page=50 |location=Bogotá |publisher=[[Ministry of National Education (Colombia)|Ministry of National Education]] |author=Sociedad Bolivariana de Colombia |language=Spanish |issn= |oclc=4910951 |accessdate=2011-05-19 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p_IXAAAAYAAJ}}</ref> his graduate [[thesis]] ''La Doctrina Monroe'' was a comprehensive account of the [[Monroe Doctrine]] and was held in high regard by his contemporaries.
Graduated ''[[Juris Doctor]]'' from ''Universidad Repúblicana'' in Bogotá (now the [[Free University of Colombia]]) on 26 June 1896,<ref>{{cite journal |year=1963 |title=Doctor Domingo Esguerra |journal=Revista Bolivariana |issue=71 |page=50 |location=Bogotá |publisher=[[Ministry of National Education (Colombia)|Ministry of National Education]] |author=Sociedad Bolivariana de Colombia |language=es |oclc=4910951 |access-date=2011-05-19 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p_IXAAAAYAAJ}}</ref> his graduate [[thesis]] ''La Doctrina Monroe'' was a comprehensive account of the [[Monroe Doctrine]] and was held in high regard by his contemporaries.


On 4 September 1906, Esguerra was named [[Diplomatic rank#Bilateral diplomacy|First Secretary]] of the Colombian [[Legation]] in [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland]] working under Ignacio Gutiérrez Ponce, the Colombian Envoy to [[Edward VII of the United Kingdom|His Britanic Majesty's Government]].<ref>{{cite journal |date=October 1907 |title=Sección Diplomática: Agentes Diplomáticos de Colombia|journal=Boletin del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores |volume=1 |issue=2 |page=48 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kFBIAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA129 |location=Bogotá |publisher=[[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Colombia)|Ministry of Foreign Affairs]] |editor1-first=Carlos |editor1-last=Tamayo |language=Spanish |oclc=6574047 |accessdate=2011-05-19}}</ref> On 8 October 1908, he was promoted to the rank of [[Diplomatic rank#Bilateral diplomacy|Counselor]] ''[[ad honorem]]'', but was instead transferred a few days later on 13 October to the legation in the [[German Empire]] still maintaining the same rank, this was at the behest of his friend Gutiérrez who now served as Envoy to [[Wilhelm II, German Emperor|His Germanic Imperial and Royal Majesty's Government]].<ref>{{cite journal |date=November 1908 |title=Nombramiento de Consejeros de Legación|journal=Boletin del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores |volume=2 |issue=3 |page=129 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W1FIAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA129 |location=Bogotá |publisher=[[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Colombia)|Ministry of Foreign Affairs]] |editor1-first=Carlos |editor1-last=Tamayo |language=Spanish |oclc=6574047 |accessdate=2011-05-19}}</ref>
On 4 September 1906, Esguerra was named [[Diplomatic rank#Bilateral diplomacy|First Secretary]] of the Colombian [[Legation]] in [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland]] working under Ignacio Gutiérrez Ponce, the Colombian Envoy to [[Edward VII of the United Kingdom|His Britanic Majesty's Government]].<ref>{{cite journal |date=October 1907 |title=Sección Diplomática: Agentes Diplomáticos de Colombia|journal=Boletin del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores |volume=1 |issue=2 |page=48 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kFBIAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA129 |location=Bogotá |publisher=[[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Colombia)|Ministry of Foreign Affairs]] |editor1-first=Carlos |editor1-last=Tamayo |language=es |oclc=6574047 |access-date=2011-05-19}}</ref> On 8 October 1908, he was promoted to the rank of [[Diplomatic rank#Bilateral diplomacy|Counselor]] ''[[ad honorem]]'', but was instead transferred a few days later on 13 October to the legation in the [[German Empire]] still maintaining the same rank, this was at the behest of his friend Gutiérrez who now served as Envoy to [[Wilhelm II, German Emperor|His Germanic Imperial and Royal Majesty's Government]].<ref>{{cite journal |date=November 1908 |title=Nombramiento de Consejeros de Legación|journal=Boletin del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores |volume=2 |issue=3 |page=129 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W1FIAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA129 |location=Bogotá |publisher=[[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Colombia)|Ministry of Foreign Affairs]] |editor1-first=Carlos |editor1-last=Tamayo |language=es |oclc=6574047 |access-date=2011-05-19}}</ref>


He returned to Colombia in the early months of 1909, and was named [[Ministry of Finance and Public Credit (Colombia)|Colombian Minister of Finance and Treasury]] by President [[Rafael Reyes Prieto]] in replacement of [[Nemesio Camacho Macías]] for a very short period, the appointed was intended to fulfill protocol as President Reyes's term ended a few weeks later. The next year, Esguerra was named Financial Agent of the diplomatic missions in Europe at London. With the inauguration of the [[League of Nations]] in [[Geneva]], Esguerra was named Counselor of the Colombian Legation to the First Conference of the League of Nations on 16 January 1920.<ref>{{cite journal |date= |year=1947 |title=La Hidalguía Colombiana Está Representada con Justeza en su Canciller Doctor Esguerra|journal=Veritas argentina |volume=17 |issue=204 |page=1819 |location=Buenos Aires |publisher=Veritas Editorial |editor1-first=Francisco Antonio |editor1-last=Rizzuto |editor2-first=Francisco Antonio |editor2-last=Rizzuto Jr.|language=Spanish |issn=0042-3955 |oclc=1508610 |accessdate=2011-05-20 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lAPnAAAAMAAJ }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Koebel |first1=William Henry |title=Anglo-South American Handbook |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=moVoAAAAMAAJ |accessdate=2011-05-20 |year=1922 |publisher=[[The Macmillan Company]] |location=New York City |issn=0309-4529 |oclc=1766070 |page=257}}</ref> In 1922, he returns to London this time as [[Consul General]].
He returned to Colombia in the early months of 1909, and was named [[Ministry of Finance and Public Credit (Colombia)|Colombian Minister of Finance and Treasury]] by President [[Rafael Reyes Prieto]] in replacement of [[Nemesio Camacho Macías]] for a very short period, the appointed was intended to fulfill protocol as President Reyes's term ended a few weeks later. The next year, Esguerra was named Financial Agent of the diplomatic missions in Europe at London. With the inauguration of the [[League of Nations]] in [[Geneva]], Esguerra was named Counselor of the Colombian Legation to the First Conference of the League of Nations on 16 January 1920.<ref>{{cite journal |year=1947 |title=La Hidalguía Colombiana Está Representada con Justeza en su Canciller Doctor Esguerra|journal=Veritas Argentina |volume=17 |issue=204 |page=1819 |location=Buenos Aires |publisher=Veritas Editorial |editor1-first=Francisco Antonio |editor1-last=Rizzuto |editor2-first=Francisco Antonio |editor2-last=Rizzuto Jr.|language=es |issn=0042-3955 |oclc=1508610 |access-date=2011-05-20 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lAPnAAAAMAAJ }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Koebel |first1=William Henry |title=Anglo-South American Handbook |journal=The South American Handbook: A Guide to the Countries and Resources of Latin-America, Inclusive of South and Central America, Mexico, and Cuba |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=moVoAAAAMAAJ |access-date=2011-05-20 |year=1922 |publisher=[[The Macmillan Company]] |location=New York City |issn=0309-4529 |oclc=1766070 |page=257}}</ref> In 1922, he returns to London this time as [[Consul General]].


For his exemplary conduct and diplomatic labour in the name of Colombia, Esguerra was awarded the [[Order of the Sacred Treasure]] by the [[Government of Japan]], the [[Order of the Southern Cross]] by the [[Government of Brazil]], the [[Order of the Liberator]] by the [[Government of Venezuela]], the [[Order of Merit of Ecuador|Order of Merit]] by the [[Government of Ecuador]], and the [[Colombian military decorations#Order of Boyaca (Orden de Boyacá)|Order of Boyacá]] by his own, the [[Government of Colombia]].<ref name="hilton">{{cite book |editor1-first=Percy Alvin |editor1-last=Martin |editor2-first=Manoel da Silverira |editor2-last=Soares Cardozo |editor3-link=Ronald Hilton |title=Who's who in Latin America: a biographical dictionary of notable living men and women of Latin America |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zRoNAAAAIAAJ |accessdate=2011-05-20 |edition=3rd rev. |volume=3 |year=1946 |origyear=1935 |publisher=[[Stanford University Press]] |location=Stanford |oclc=562723266 |page=21}}</ref> He was also a member and 3 times President of the Sociedad Bolivariana de Colombia, and an Honorary Member of the [[Real Academia de Jurisprudencia y Legislación]] of [[Madrid]].<ref name="hilton"/>
For his exemplary conduct and diplomatic labour in the name of Colombia, Esguerra was awarded the [[Order of the Sacred Treasure]] by the [[Government of Japan]], the [[Order of the Southern Cross]] by the [[Government of Brazil]], the [[Order of the Liberator]] by the [[Government of Venezuela]], the [[Order of Merit of Ecuador|Order of Merit]] by the [[Government of Ecuador]], and the [[Colombian military decorations#Order of Boyaca (Orden de Boyacá)|Order of Boyacá]] by his own, the [[Government of Colombia]].<ref name="hilton">{{cite book |editor1-first=Percy Alvin |editor1-last=Martin |editor2-first=Manoel da Silverira |editor2-last=Soares Cardozo |title=Who's who in Latin America: a biographical dictionary of notable living men and women of Latin America |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zRoNAAAAIAAJ |access-date=2011-05-20 |edition=3rd rev. |volume=3 |year=1946 |orig-year=1935 |publisher=[[Stanford University Press]] |location=Stanford |oclc=562723266 |page=21}}</ref> He was also a member and 3 times President of the Sociedad Bolivariana de Colombia, and an Honorary Member of the [[Real Academia de Jurisprudencia y Legislación]] of [[Madrid]].<ref name="hilton"/>


In October 1933 he was appointed as the 1st [[Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary]] of Colombia to [[Japan]] by [[President of Colombia|President]] [[Enrique Olaya Herrera]] with the mission of establishing direct diplomatic ties with [[The Land of the Rising Sun]]. He travelled from London to [[Washington, D.C.]] to meet his colleague Fabio Lozano Torrijos, [[Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Colombia to the United States]] and afterwards travelled to [[Montreal]] where he travelled by train to [[Vancouver]] and sailed off to Japan by way of [[Honolulu]]. He arrived to the port of [[Yokohama]], Japan on 20 April 1934 and travelled from there to [[Tokyo]], where on 28 April 1934 he presented his [[Letters of Credence]] to [[Emperor of Japan|Emperor]] [[Hirohito]].<ref>{{cite journal |pages=251–254 |journal=Revista de América |issue=9-12 |title=Recuerdos del Japón |publisher=[[El Tiempo (Colombia)|El Tiempo]] |first=Domingo |last=Esguerra Plata |year=1945 |accessdate=4 July 2013 |oclc=1714202 |url=https://books.google.com/books?ei=WJnZTe7QFo25twfK-P3oDg |editor1-first=Germán |editor1-last=Arciniegas |editor1-link=Germán Arciniegas |language=Spanish }}</ref>
In October 1933 he was appointed as the 1st [[Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary]] of Colombia to [[Japan]] by [[President of Colombia|President]] [[Enrique Olaya Herrera]] with the mission of establishing direct diplomatic ties with [[The Land of the Rising Sun]]. He travelled from London to [[Washington, D.C.]] to meet his colleague Fabio Lozano Torrijos, [[Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Colombia to the United States]] and afterwards travelled to [[Montreal]] where he travelled by train to [[Vancouver]] and sailed off to Japan by way of [[Honolulu]]. He arrived to the port of [[Yokohama]], Japan on 20 April 1934 and travelled from there to [[Tokyo]], where on 28 April 1934 he presented his [[Letters of Credence]] to [[Emperor of Japan|Emperor]] [[Hirohito]].<ref>{{cite journal |pages=251–254 |journal=Revista de América |issue=9–12 |title=Recuerdos del Japón |publisher=[[El Tiempo (Colombia)|El Tiempo]] |first=Domingo |last=Esguerra Plata |year=1945 |access-date=4 July 2013 |oclc=1714202 |url=https://books.google.com/books?ei=WJnZTe7QFo25twfK-P3oDg |editor1-first=Germán |editor1-last=Arciniegas |editor1-link=Germán Arciniegas |language=es }}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Born 28 March 1875 in the town of Santana de las Lajas (now [[Falán]]) then part of the [[Tolima State|State of Tolima]], [[United States of Colombia]]. His parents were Domingo Esguerra Ortiz and Dolores Plata Bernal, but was raised in the home of his paternal uncle Nicolás following the murder of his father in 1897, and remained there after his mother died in 1901. He married on 8 March 1905 to Paulina Rueda Vargas, who died in 1946, and remarried in June 1948 to Susana Flórez Marino who survived him when he died on in [[Bogotá, D.C.]], he had no succession from either marriage.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Restrepo Sáenz |first1=José María |last2=Rivas |first2=Raimundo |first3=José |last3=Restrepo Posada |title=Genealogías de Santa Fe de Bogotá|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TLsLAAAAYAAJ |accessdate=2011-05-18 |year=1993 |publisher=Editorial Presencia |location=Bogotá |language=es|isbn= |oclc=28546996 |pages=162–163}}</ref><ref name="carlos">{{cite book |last1=López de Mesa Gómez |first1=Luis |authorlink1=Luis López de Mesa |title=Historia de la cancillería de San Carlos|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-QhOAAAAMAAJ |accessdate=2011-05-18 |year=1942 |publisher=Imprenta del Estado Mayor General |location=Bogotá |language=Spanish |isbn= |oclc=11113042 |page=83 |volume=2}}</ref>
Born 28 March 1875 in the town of Santana de las Lajas (now [[Falán]]) then part of the [[Tolima State|State of Tolima]], [[United States of Colombia]]. His parents were Domingo Esguerra Ortiz and Dolores Plata Bernal, but was raised in the home of his paternal uncle Nicolás following the murder of his father in 1897, and remained there after his mother died in 1901. He married on 8 March 1905 to Paulina Rueda Vargas, who died in 1946, and remarried in June 1948 to Susana Flórez Marino who survived him when he died on in [[Bogotá, D.C.]], he had no succession from either marriage.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Restrepo Sáenz |first1=José María |last2=Rivas |first2=Raimundo |first3=José |last3=Restrepo Posada |title=Genealogías de Santa Fe de Bogotá|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TLsLAAAAYAAJ |access-date=2011-05-18 |year=1993 |publisher=Editorial Presencia |location=Bogotá |language=es|oclc=28546996 |pages=162–163}}</ref><ref name="carlos">{{cite book |last1=López de Mesa Gómez |first1=Luis |author-link1=Luis López de Mesa |title=Historia de la cancillería de San Carlos|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-QhOAAAAMAAJ |access-date=2011-05-18 |year=1942 |publisher=Imprenta del Estado Mayor General |location=Bogotá |language=es |oclc=11113042 |page=83 |volume=2}}</ref>


==Selected works==
==Selected works==
* {{cite book |last1=Esguerra Plata |first1=Domingo |title=La Doctrina Monroe|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W_gMAAAAYAAJ |type=Thesis |year=1896 |publisher=Casa Editorial de J. & L. Pérez |location=Bogotá |language=Spanish |isbn=9781103804641 |oclc=447664714 }}
* {{cite book |last1=Esguerra Plata |first1=Domingo |title=La Doctrina Monroe|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W_gMAAAAYAAJ |type=Thesis |year=1896 |publisher=Casa Editorial de J. & L. Pérez |location=Bogotá |language=es |isbn=9781103804641 |oclc=447664714 }}


==References==
==References==
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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Esguerra and the second or maternal family name is Plata.
Domingo Esguerra Plata
Colombia Ambassador to the United Kingdom
In office
28 June 1948 – 7 June 1950
PresidentMariano Ospina Pérez
Preceded byDarío Echandía Olaya
Succeeded byRafael Sánchez Amaya
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
5 May 1947 – 21 March 1948
PresidentMariano Ospina Pérez
Preceded byLuis López de Mesa
Succeeded byLaureano Gómez
Colombia Ambassador to Brazil
In office
27 December 1938 – 16 January 1940
PresidentEduardo Santos Montejo
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byCarlos Lozano y Lozano
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Colombia to Brazil
In office
8 December 1936 – 27 December 1938
PresidentAlfonso López Pumarejo
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Colombia to Japan
In office
28 April 1934 – 4 September 1936
PresidentEnrique Olaya Herrera
Succeeded byAlfredo Michelsen Mantilla
Minister of Finance and Treasury
In office
26 May 1909 – 10 June 1909
PresidentRafael Reyes Prieto
Preceded byNemesio Camacho Macías
Succeeded byFidel Cano Gutiérrez
Personal details
Born(1875-03-28)28 March 1875
Santana, Tolima, United States of Colombia
Died1965
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
Political partyLiberal
Spouse(s)Paulina Rueda Vargas (1908-1946)
Susana Flórez Mariño (1948-1965)
Alma materRepublican University of Colombia (JD, 1896)

Domingo Esguerra Plata (28 March 1875 – 1965) was a Colombian lawyer who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Colombia, Ambassador of Colombia to Brazil, and Ambassador of Colombia to the United Kingdom.

Career

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Graduated Juris Doctor from Universidad Repúblicana in Bogotá (now the Free University of Colombia) on 26 June 1896,[1] his graduate thesis La Doctrina Monroe was a comprehensive account of the Monroe Doctrine and was held in high regard by his contemporaries.

On 4 September 1906, Esguerra was named First Secretary of the Colombian Legation in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland working under Ignacio Gutiérrez Ponce, the Colombian Envoy to His Britanic Majesty's Government.[2] On 8 October 1908, he was promoted to the rank of Counselor ad honorem, but was instead transferred a few days later on 13 October to the legation in the German Empire still maintaining the same rank, this was at the behest of his friend Gutiérrez who now served as Envoy to His Germanic Imperial and Royal Majesty's Government.[3]

He returned to Colombia in the early months of 1909, and was named Colombian Minister of Finance and Treasury by President Rafael Reyes Prieto in replacement of Nemesio Camacho Macías for a very short period, the appointed was intended to fulfill protocol as President Reyes's term ended a few weeks later. The next year, Esguerra was named Financial Agent of the diplomatic missions in Europe at London. With the inauguration of the League of Nations in Geneva, Esguerra was named Counselor of the Colombian Legation to the First Conference of the League of Nations on 16 January 1920.[4][5] In 1922, he returns to London this time as Consul General.

For his exemplary conduct and diplomatic labour in the name of Colombia, Esguerra was awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasure by the Government of Japan, the Order of the Southern Cross by the Government of Brazil, the Order of the Liberator by the Government of Venezuela, the Order of Merit by the Government of Ecuador, and the Order of Boyacá by his own, the Government of Colombia.[6] He was also a member and 3 times President of the Sociedad Bolivariana de Colombia, and an Honorary Member of the Real Academia de Jurisprudencia y Legislación of Madrid.[6]

In October 1933 he was appointed as the 1st Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Colombia to Japan by President Enrique Olaya Herrera with the mission of establishing direct diplomatic ties with The Land of the Rising Sun. He travelled from London to Washington, D.C. to meet his colleague Fabio Lozano Torrijos, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Colombia to the United States and afterwards travelled to Montreal where he travelled by train to Vancouver and sailed off to Japan by way of Honolulu. He arrived to the port of Yokohama, Japan on 20 April 1934 and travelled from there to Tokyo, where on 28 April 1934 he presented his Letters of Credence to Emperor Hirohito.[7]

Personal life

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Born 28 March 1875 in the town of Santana de las Lajas (now Falán) then part of the State of Tolima, United States of Colombia. His parents were Domingo Esguerra Ortiz and Dolores Plata Bernal, but was raised in the home of his paternal uncle Nicolás following the murder of his father in 1897, and remained there after his mother died in 1901. He married on 8 March 1905 to Paulina Rueda Vargas, who died in 1946, and remarried in June 1948 to Susana Flórez Marino who survived him when he died on in Bogotá, D.C., he had no succession from either marriage.[8][9]

Selected works

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  • Esguerra Plata, Domingo (1896). La Doctrina Monroe (Thesis) (in Spanish). Bogotá: Casa Editorial de J. & L. Pérez. ISBN 9781103804641. OCLC 447664714.

References

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  1. ^ Sociedad Bolivariana de Colombia (1963). "Doctor Domingo Esguerra". Revista Bolivariana (in Spanish) (71). Bogotá: Ministry of National Education: 50. OCLC 4910951. Retrieved 2011-05-19.
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