Prieto (surname)

Prieto (surname)

refimprove|date=August 2007The Prieto family originated from Spain. As early as the 16th Century the Prieto family has been involved in political reform, business and economic investments.

Brief history

In 1737, Don Martín Prieto and Don Christobal de Thobar donated a London clock to the city of Popayán, Colombia. [] The clock from the house of Gillet Jhonston of London was created at the turn of the 17th century. The clock still adorns the Torre del Reloj with minor work completed in 1983 after an earthquake damaged the clock internally. []

Prieto(s) of northern Mexico

The Prieto family of Chihuahua, Mexico by 1905 controlled 403,373 acres of farmlands [] , including substantial interest at the turn of the century in mining working with U.S. investors in the economic development of their holdings.

During the Mexican President Porfirio Díaz Regime (1876-1911) the Prietos amassed a variety of properties that yielded richly, thereby allowing further expansion and alliances. With the death of the patriarch Pedro R. Prieto in 1902, his wife and daughters became the administrators of a fortune that survived the Revolution and continued past World War II.

A collection of business documents is currently being housed in the Princeton University Library Department of Rare Books and Special Collections. The collection documents the economic strategies taken from the 1880's through the 1920's with legal papers, correspondence, affidavits, contracts, deeds, water rights, expropriations, and land titles. Similar papers trace the decline of the family through the Great Depression of the United States and into the 1950's. "The Prieto women demonstrate great acumen in managing the businesses of the Prieto Estate." []

Notable Prieto(s)

Mexico

*Carlos Prieto (Composer, Cellist)
*Carlos A. Prieto (Author, Engineer) []
*Guillermo Prieto (Poet, Congressman, Minister of Finance, Post Master General)
*Ignacio Morones Prieto (Physician, Governor of Nuevo León, 1949-1952, Minister of Public Health and Welfare, 1952-1957, Ambassador to France, 1959-1965, General Director of the Mexican Institute of Social Security, 1965-1970)fact|date=August 2007
*Jorge Prieto Laurens (Lawyer, Municipal President, President of the Mexican Congress, Governor of San Luis Potosi, 1923, exiled to United States, 1923-1933.) []
*Rodrigo Prieto (Mexican Cinematographer)
*Abelardo Escobar Prieto (Current Secretariat of Agrarian Reform (SRA)) []

Chile

*José Joaquín Prieto (Vice President, 1828-1831, 4th President of Chile, 1831-1841)
*Manuel Bulnes Prieto (General, 5th President of Chile, 1841-1851)
*José María de la Cruz Prieto (Navy General, 1842-1843)fact|date=August 2007
*José Anacleto Goñi Prieto (Commodore, 1867-1870, Rear Admiral, 1879-1880)fact|date=August 2007

Colombia

*Rafael Reyes Prieto (General, President of Colombia, 1904-1909)

Cuba

* Abel Prieto Jimenez (Writer, Politician, Current Minister of Culture)fact|date=August 2007

Honduras

*Mario Enrique Prieto (Congressman and Secretary of Honduras National Congress 1982-1985)fact|date=August 2007

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*Indalecio Prieto (Minister of Finance 1931, of Public Works 1933, of Navy and Air 1936-1937, of Defense 1937-1938, Socialist Party Leader 1938-1939, exiled to Mexico 1939) []
*Manuel García Prieto (Prime Minister, 1912, 1917, and 1918)
*Jorge Juan Prieto Cueto (1963-)

United States

*Daniel B. Prieto, the director of the Homeland Security Center at The Reform Institute, a Washington, D.C. think tank. [] Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) graduate he has also been a Fellow at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. []
*Jorge Prieto (Physician, President of the Chicago Board of Health from 1985-1987, Son of Mexican Governor Jorge Prieto Laurens.) []
*Miguel Prieto (mechanic, collector of die cast automobile toys, son of Dr. Jorge Prieto and grandson of Mexican Governor Jorge Prieto Laurens.
*Francisco Prieto (Physician, urban health care expert, community leader in fight against diabetes in Latino community, son of Dr. Jorge Prieto and grandson of Mexican Governor Jorge Prieto Laurens.
*Carlos (Charlie) Prieto (Construction executive, coach, son of Dr. Jorge Prieto and grandson of Mexican Governor Jorge Prieto Laurens.
*Carmen Prieto (Foundation Executive at The Weiboldt Foundation, President of Chicago Foundation for Women, community activist, daughter of Dr. Jorge Prieto and granddaughter of Mexican Governor Jorge Prieto Laurens.

Notable Prieto businesses

Mexico

*Casa Prieto, located at 40 Juarez Avenue in Mexico City, Casa Prieto was a well known silver shop particularly noted for its quality silver work.fact|date=August 2007

Ecuador

*The Prieto Agriculture Group, located in Machala, province of El Oro, Grupo Agricola Prieto is a diversified farming group dedicated to planting organic products of the best quality such as bananas, cocoa, corn, plantains, and trees. []

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