Prieto (surname)
The Prieto family originated from Spain. Some confusion as to the German origin of the family may be due to a high ranking Spanish official who lived and died on assignment in Germany in the 19th century. As early as the 16th Century the Prieto family has been involved in political reform, business and economic investments.
History
In 1737, Don Martín Prieto and Don Christobal de Thobar donated a London clock to the city of Popayán, Colombia.[1] The clock from the house of Gillet Jhonston of London still adorns the Torre del Reloj with minor work completed in 1983 after an earthquake damaged the clock internally.[2]
Prieto(s) of northern Mexico
The Prieto family of Chihuahua, Mexico by 1905 controlled 403,373 acres (1,632.39 km2) of farmlands,[3] 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 1880s through the 1920s 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 1950s. "The Prieto women demonstrate great acumen in managing the businesses of the Prieto Estate."[4]
Notable Prieto(s)
Mexico
- Carlos Prieto (cellist) (composer, cellist)
- Carlos A. Prieto (author, engineer)[5]
- 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)
- Jorge Prieto Laurens (lawyer, municipal president, president of the Mexican Congress, governor of San Luis Potosi, 1923, exiled to United States, 1923–1933.)[6]
- Rodrigo Prieto (cinematographer)
- Abelardo Escobar Prieto (current Secretariat of Agrarian Reform (SRA))[7]
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)
- José Anacleto Goñi Prieto (Commodore, 1867–1870, Rear Admiral, 1879–1880)
Colombia
- Rafael Reyes Prieto (general, president of Colombia, 1904–1909)
Cuba
- Abel Prieto Jimenez (writer, politician, current minister of culture)
Honduras
- Mario Enrique Prieto (congressman and secretary of Honduras National Congress 1982–1985)
Spain
- 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)[8]
- Manuel García Prieto (prime minister 1912, 1917, and 1918) (second cousin to admiral Casto Mendez Prieto Núñez)
United States
- Daniel B. Prieto, vice president and lead for IBM's public sector strategy & innovation consulting practice and senior associate for homeland security and counterterrorism at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) graduate he has also held fellowship appointments at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government,[9] the Council on Foreign Relations and Stanford University.
- Jorge Prieto (physician, president of the Chicago Board of Health from 1985 to 1987, son of Mexican governor Jorge Prieto Laurens.)[10]
- 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.
Businesses
Mexico
- Casa Prieto, located at 40 Juarez Avenue in Mexico City, was a silver shop noted for its quality silver work.
Ecuador
- The Prieto Agriculture Group, located in Machala, El Oro Province, Grupo Agricola Prieto is a diversified farming group dedicated to planting organic products such as bananas, cocoa, corn, plantains, and trees.[11]
See also
- Juan Prieto (disambiguation), several people
References
- ↑ Escudo de Armas de la falilia Prieto de Tobar. Rtspecialties.com. Retrieved on 2013-10-17.
- ↑ Museos. colombiavirtual.com
- ↑ Jane-Dale Lloyd (1 January 1987). El proceso de modernización capitalista en el noroeste de Chihuahua, 1880–1910. Universidad Iberoamericana. pp. 79–. ISBN 978-968-859-020-1.
- ↑ Latin American Literature, Culture, and History. Collections and Manuscripts in the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections Princeton University Library
- ↑ Carlos A. Prieto. Libros de Carlos A. Prieto. Librosenred.com. Retrieved on 2013-10-17.
- ↑ http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/p/r/i/Guillermo-Prietoargelles-Morelos/PDFGENE11.pdf
- ↑ Secretariat of Agrarian Reform (SRA). Abelardo Escobar Prieto. presidencia.gob.mx
- ↑ Indalecio Prieto : Biography. Spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk. Retrieved on 2013-10-17.
- ↑ http://www-935.ibm.com/services/us/gbs/bus/pdf/global-movement-management-exec-summary.pdf
- ↑ Wilfredo Cruz Jorge Prieto: physician that made a difference. lib.niu.edu
- ↑ Best banana. prietoorganics.com