General Antonio Felipe Díaz
Minister of Finance and of War and the Navy of the Gobierno del Cerrito
In office 1843–1851
President	Manuel Oribe
Minister of Finance and of War and the Navy of Uruguay
In office 1838–1838
President	Manuel Oribe
Preceded by	?
Succeeded by	?
Personal details
Born	Antonio Felipe Díaz de Castañon y Hernández March 26, 1789 A Coruña, Spain
Died	September 12, 1869 Montevideo, Uruguay
Political party	Partido Nacional
Spouse	María Dionisia Gómez Soriano
Relatives	Eduardo Acevedo Díaz (grandson)
Occupation	army politician writer journalist
Profession	military man
Military service
Allegiance	Spain — until 1810 United Provinces of the River Plate Estado Oriental del Uruguay (1828-1838) Argentine Confederation (1838-1843) Cerrito Government (1843-1851) Uruguayan Republic
Years of service	(1807-1865)
Battles/wars	British invasions of the River Plate Battle of Las Piedras Cisplatine War Great Siege of Montevideo

Antonio Felipe Díaz (1789–1869) was a Uruguayan general and politician, who participated in the Argentine War of Independence and the Guerra Grande in the Banda Oriental. He was also a writer and journalist, author of several newspapers, including El Correo Nacional and El Defensor de la Independencia Americana.

He briefly served as a cabinet minister during the presidency of Manuel Oribe in 1838, during his term as president of the Cerrito,^[1] serving as Minister of Finance and of War and the Navy of Uruguay.

Born in La Coruña, Spain, as the son of Domingo Díaz de Castañón and Manuela Hernández de Miera, he belonged to a distinguished Spanish family established in Buenos Aires and Montevideo. He was married to María Dionisia Gómez Soriano, daughter of José Gómez Soriano and Cayetana Tadea Torres.

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