Daniel Sánchez Bustamante
Daniel Sánchez Bustamante | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 7 August 1909 – 19 December 1910 | |
| President | Eliodoro Villazón |
| Preceded by | Benedicto Gómez Goytia y Rodo |
| Succeeded by | José María Escalier |
| In office 5 March 1931 – 21 May 1931 | |
| President | Daniel Salamanca Urey |
| Preceded by | Óscar Mariaca Pando |
| Succeeded by | Pascual Bailon Mercado |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 April 1871 La Paz, Bolivia |
| Died | 5 August 1933 (aged 62) Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Political party | Liberal Party |
| Spouse | Carmen Calvo Molina |
| Parent(s) | Juan Sánchez Bustamanta y Ponce de León Mercedes Vásquez-Bru Zuazo |
| Occupation | Teacher, politician, author, diplomat |
Daniel Sánchez Bustamante Vásquez (10 April 1871 – 5 August 1933) was a Bolivian educator, politician, lawyer, professor, author, and diplomat. He was the Bolivian Minister of Public Instruction and of Foreign Affairs on various occasions between 1909 and 1931. He is considered one of the most important reformers in the public education of his country being the founder of the first school for teacher training. In charge of his country's foreign affairs, he was the main signatory for Bolivia in the Polo-Bustamante Treaty (1909), a border treaty signed with Peru to set what is now the current border between the two Andean nations. He was the father of María Luisa Sánchez Bustamante and Carmen Sánchez Bustamante, the mother of Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada.