caption education predecessor successor death_date birth_place president death_place nationality office birth_date alt term_start birthname image article_title term_end name
carte in 1863 de visite presented to the united states government oaxaca institute for arts and sciences benito la rosa gómez farías manuel maría de zamacona luis de josé yves limantour manuel azpíroz ignacio mariscal 30 december 1898 oaxaca , oaxaca porfirio díaz new york city , new york mexican mexican secretary of finance 24 february 1832 portrait of matías romero , standing . 26 march 1892 2 september 1863 matías romero avendaño matias romero.jpg matías romero
 31 december 1892 30 december 1898 13 july 1868 matías romero
matías romero

matías romero avendaño -lrb- 24 february 1837 - 30 december 1898 -rrb- was a mexican politician and diplomat who served three times as secretary of finance and twice as ambassador of mexico to the united states during the 19th century .
during the french intevention in mexico , -lrb- 1862-67 -rrb- romero was benito juárez 's envoy in the united states , and romero played a key role in keeping the issue of the foreign monarchy in mexico alive with abraham lincoln 's government during the american civil war -lrb- 1861-65 -rrb- .
romero served in the government of porfirio díaz and was a proponent of foreign investment in mexico .
