Juan Ignacio Luca de Tena, 2nd Marquis of Luca de Tena

Spanish politician and journalist (1897–1975)

Excelentísimo Señor Don
Juan Ignacio Luca de Tena
Caricatured by Tovar (La Novela Teatral, 1919)
Born
Juan Ignacio Luca de Tena y García de Torres

(1897-10-23)23 October 1897
Madrid, Spain
Died11 January 1975(1975-01-11) (aged 77)
Madrid, Spain
Seat E of the Real Academia Española
In office
20 January 1946 – 11 January 1975
Preceded byJoaquín Álvarez Quintero
Succeeded byGonzalo Torrente Ballester
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Juan Ignacio Luca de Tena y García de Torres, 2nd Marquis of Luca de Tena (Madrid, 23 October 1897 – 11 January 1975) was a Spanish politician, diplomat, journalist and playwright.

Career

Luca de Tena was Member of the Cortes (1958–64) and Ambassador of Spain to Chile (1940–44) and to Greece (1961–62).

Luca de Tena was elected to seat E of the Real Academia Española, he took up his seat on 20 January 1946.[1]

Personal life

His son was the journalist Guillermo Luca de Tena. His daughter, María Victoria Luca de Tena, was married to Nemesio Fernández-Cuesta, a businessman and journalist.[2]

Awards and decorations

  • Cross of Military Merit
  • Campaign medal for the Civil War
  • Order of Merit of the German Eagle
  • Grand Cross of the Order of Merit (Chile)
  • Grand Cross of the Order of Juan Pablo Duarte (Dominican Republic)
  • Order of the Medahuia (Morocco)

References

  1. ^ "Juan Ignacio Luca de Tena - letra E". Real Academia Española (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Fallece a los 80 años el empresario y ex ministro Nemesio Fernández-Cuesta". ABC (in Spanish). Madrid. 13 May 2009. Retrieved 11 March 2022.

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