Francisco Vázquez Gómez
Francisco Vázquez Gómez (23 September 1860 – 16 August 1933) served as personal physician to Mexican president Porfirio Díaz,[2] as Minister of Public Instruction to President Francisco León de la Barra and as a running mate to Francisco I. Madero during the 1910 presidential elections. Prior to this Vázquez Gómez had been a supporter of Bernardo Reyes, another presidential hopeful with strong ties to Díaz' regime.[3]
Francisco Vásquez Gómez | |
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| Minister of Public Instruction | |
| In office 26 May 1911 – 5 November 1911 | |
| President | Francisco León de la Barra |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 September 1860[1] Tula, Tamaulipas, Mexico |
| Died | 16 August 1933 (aged 72)[1] Mexico City, Mexico |
| Alma mater | National School of Medicine (1889) |
| Profession | Physician and politician |
Biography
Vázquez Gómez was born in Tula, Tamaulipas, into a rich Amerindian family. He studied Medicine in Mexico City and worked as a physician in Xalapa before returning to serve as the personal physician to long-time serving President Díaz. In 1909, he joined his brother Emilio in the anti-reelectionist movement but refused to join a national call to arms after the government illegally imprisoned former presidential candidate Francisco I. Madero, with whom he campaigned on a narrow, pro free-market and democratic government.[4]
After a short voluntary exile in El Paso, Texas, he returned to Mexico to assume the Ministry of Public Instruction in the presidential cabinet of Francisco León de la Barra (26 May - 5 November 1911).
References
- Microsoft Encarta Online (2008). "Francisco Vázquez Gómez" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2008-04-16. Retrieved 2008-06-20.
- McLynn, Frank. Villa and Zapata: A History of the Mexican Revolution. p. 30
- McLynn. Villa and Zapata p. 30
- Hart, John Mason. Revolutionary Mexico: The Coming and Progress of the Mexican Revolution p. 240