Ignacio Ramírez (politician)
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Juan Ignacio Paulino Ramírez Calzada (22 June 1818 – 15 June 1879), more commonly known as Ignacio Ramírez, was a 19th century Mexican liberal intellectual and statesman. He was known for publishing various newspapers championing progressive causes, and he would often use the pen name El Nigromante, (the Necromancer). He served in more than one presidential cabinet and would go on to become president of the supreme court.
Ignacio Ramírez "El Nigromante" | |
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Born | Ignacio Ramírez Calzada (1818-06-22)22 June 1818 San Miguel de Allende, Mexico |
Died | 15 June 1879(1879-06-15) (aged 60) Mexico City, Mexico |
Occupation | Writer, lawyer, poet |
Nationality | Mexican |
Ramírez has been described as the most radical and progressist of all 19th century Mexican liberals, as he was "jacobin", an intransigent atheist, ecologist, "feminist", indigenist, and a social fighter.[1] He belongs to the generation of Mexican liberals of La Reforma; which includs other intellectuals such as Ponciano Arriaga, Miguel Lerdo de Tejada, Melchor Ocampo, and Guillermo Prieto.[2]
While the Liberal Party consistently supported anti-clerical measures, Ramírez was also one of its few partisans who openly expressed atheism.