Rómulo Sebastián Naón

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Naón and the second or maternal family name is Peralta Martínez.

Rómulo Sebastián Naón Peralta Martínez (1875–1941),^[1] was an Argentine lawyer, politician and Ambassador to the United States from 1910 to 1919.^[2][3][4]

Rómulo Sebastián Naón
Naón c. 1915
33rd Mayor of Buenos Aires
In office 20 February 1932 – 19 September 1932
Preceded by	José Guerrico
Succeeded by	Mariano de Vedia y Mitre
Argentine Ambassador to the United States
In office 1910–1919
Personal details
Born	1875 Buenos Aires, Argentina
Died	1941 (aged 65–66)
Occupation	Lawyer politician
Awards	Thanks of Congress Congressional Gold Medal

Rómulo S. Naón of Argentina and Robert F. Rose in Niagara Falls in 1914 at the Niagara Falls peace conference

He also briefly served as Mayor of Buenos Aires from February to September 1932.

Biography

He was born in 1876 in Buenos Aires to Julio César Naón Capanegra and Felisa Peralta Martínez de Oliden. He married Isabel Rodríguez Marcenal. In 1914 he attended the Niagara Falls peace conference to reduce tensions between Mexico and the United States. He died 1941 in Buenos Aires.^[2]

On March 4, 1915 Naón and two others received the Thanks of Congress and were awarded Congressional Gold Medals (P.L. 63-75, 38 Stat. 1228). The statute reads as follows.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the thanks of Congress to their excellencies be, and they are hereby, presented to their excellencies Señor Domício da Gama, Señor Rómulo S. Naón, and Señor Eduardo Suárez for their generous services as mediators in the controversy between the Government of the United States of America and the leaders of the warring parties in the Republic of Mexico. That the President of the United States is hereby authorized and requested to cause to be made and presented to their excellencies Señor Domicio da Gama, Señor Rómulo S. Naón, and Señor Eduardo Suárez suitable gold medals, appropriately inscribed, which shall express the high estimation in which Congress holds the services of these distinguished statesmen, and the Republics which they represent, in the promotion of peace and order in the American continent.