José Yves Limantour, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Mexican public servant
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Place of Birth: Mexico City, Mexico
About José Yves Limantour
- José Yves Limantour y Márquez (26 December 1854 – 26 August 1935) was a Mexican financier who served as Secretary of the Finance of Mexico from 1893 until the fall of the Porfirio Díaz regime in 1911.
- Limantour established the gold standard in Mexico, suspending free coinage of silver, and mandating only government coins be used.
- He secured the national debt in 1899 with a consortium of foreign banks, and at the time of the outbreak of the Revolution, Mexico was on strong financial basis.
- Before the Mexican Revolution he was widely seen, along General Bernardo Reyes, as one of the stronger candidates to succeed President Díaz.
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