Pedro Hinojosa | |
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Secretary of War and Navy | |
In office 1 December 1884 – 20 March 1896 | |
President | Porfirio Díaz |
Preceded by | Francisco Naranjo |
Succeeded by | Felipe Berriozábal |
In office 22 December 1861 – 2 May 1862 | |
President | Benito Juárez |
Preceded by | Ignacio Zaragoza |
Succeeded by | Miguel Blanco Múzquiz |
Personal details | |
Born | Villa del Refugio, Mexico | 31 January 1822
Died | 5 March 1903 Mexico City, Mexico | (aged 81)
Political party | Liberal |
Pedro Hinojosa de la Garza Falcón (31 January 1822, Matamoros, Tamaulipas - 5 March 1903, Mexico City) was a Mexican politician and military general who fought in the Mexican–American War, the Reform War, and in the French intervention in Mexico.[1] In addition, Hinojosa was governor of Durango, Nuevo Leon, and Chihuahua, and served as Secretary of War and Navy.[2]