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See also:	History of Mexico List of years in Mexico Timeline of Mexican history

Events from the year 1928 in Mexico

Incumbents

Federal government

• President:
  • Plutarco Elías Calles (until November 30)
  • Emilio Portes Gil (starting December 1)
• Interior Secretary (SEGOB):
• Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE):
• Communications Secretary (SCT):
• Education Secretary (SEP):

Supreme Court

• President of the Supreme Court:

Governors

• Aguascalientes: Isaac Díaz de León (1926-1928), Alberto Díaz de León Bocanegra (1928), Benjamín de la Mora (1928), Manuel Carpio Velázquez (1928-1929)
• Campeche: Silvestre Pavón Silva (1927-1928), Pedro Tello Andueza (1928), Ramiro Bojórquez Castillo (1928-1931)
• Chiapas: Federico Martínez Rojas (1927–1928), Amador Coutiño (1928), Rosendo Delabre Santeliz (1928), Raymundo E. Enríquez (1928-1929)
• Chihuahua: Fernando Orozco (1927-1928), Marcelo Caraveo (1928-1929)
• Coahuila: Manuel Pérez Treviño
• Colima: Laureano Cervantes
• Durango:
• Guanajuato: Agustín Arroyo
• Guerrero: Héctor F. López (1925–1928), Enrique Martínez (1928), Adrián Castrejón National Revolutionary Party (1928–1933)
• Hidalgo: Matías Rodríguez
• Jalisco:
• State of Mexico: Carlos Riva Palacio
• Michoacán: : Enrique Ramírez Aviña (1924–1928), Lázaro Cárdenas (1928–1929)
• Morelos: Ambrosio Puente (interim)
• Nayarit: José de la Peña Ledón
• Nuevo León: José Benítez
• Oaxaca: Genaro V. Vázquez (1925–1928), Francisco López Cortés (1928–1932)
• Puebla: Donato Bravo Izquierdo
• Querétaro: Abraham Araujo
• San Luis Potosí: Saturnino Cedillo
• Sinaloa: vacant
• Sonora: Fausto Topete
• Tabasco: Tomás Taracena Hernández
• Tamaulipas: Juan Rincón
• Tlaxcala:
• Veracruz: Abel S. Rodríguez (1927-1928), Adalberto Tejeda Olivares (Second Term, 1928-1932)
• Yucatán: Álvaro Torre Díaz
• Zacatecas: Leobardo C. Ruiz

Events

• July 1: 1928 Mexican general election: Álvaro Obregón is elected president for a second time.
• July 17: Cristero War: José de León Toral, a Roman Catholic who supported the Cristeros, assassinates Álvaro Obregón.
• December 1: Emilio Portes Gil becomes president.

Sports

• 1927–28 Primera Fuerza season, won by Club América.
• Mexico at the 1928 Summer Olympics
• Mexico at the 1928 Winter Olympics

Births

• March 19 – Josefina Leiner, actress (d. 2017).
• March 30 – Lilia Prado, actress during the Golden Age of Mexican Cine; (d. 2006)
• April 23 – Olga Harmony, playwright and drama teacher at the Escuela Nacional Preparatoria; (d. 2018).
• April 28 – Evangelina Elizondo, actress (Premio Arlequín 2014; voice of Cinderella in the Walt Disney film), (d. October 2, 2017).
• May 24 – Jacobo Zabludovsky, television anchor (24 Horas), (d. July 2, 2015).
• July 21 – Josefina Echánove, actress, model and journalist
• August 23 – Heberto Castillo, civil engineer and politician from Veracruz; (d. 1997)
• October 5 – Enrique González Rojo Jr., poet, philosopher and teacher (d. March 5, 2021)
• October 7 – Sergio Corona, actor from Hidalgo
• October 24 – Rafael Barraza Sánchez, bishop of Mazatlan (1981-2005), born in Durango; (d. 2020)
• December 25 – Juan Robinson Bours, businessman from Ciudad Obregón, Sonora (d. 2017).
• Date unknown
  • Jacinto Contreras Martínez, polítician (d. May 20, 2018).
  • Melquiades Sánchez Orozco, journalist and radio announcer (d. November 4, 2018)
  • Luisa Josefina Hernández, writer and playwright

Deaths

• February 10 – José Sánchez del Río, Mexican Cristero (b. 1913)
• February 25 – Toribio Romo González, Roman Catholic priest (b. 1900)
• April 22 – José Mora y del Río, Archbishop of Mexico, died in exile in San Antonio, TX; (b. 1854 in Michoacan)
• July 1 – Atilano Cruz Alvarado, Saint of the Cristero War (b. 1901)
• July 12 – Emilio Carranza, pilot (b. Coahuila 1905)
• July 17 – Álvaro Obregón, 39th President of Mexico; assassinated after being reelected in 1928 (b. 1880)

References

1. "Gobernadores". Gobierno de Morelos. Retrieved March 11, 2021.
2. ^ "Álvaro Obregón" (in Spanish). Biografias y Vidas. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
3. "Fue homenajeado el poeta Enrique González Rojo por cumplir 80 años". LIBRO CLUB @ Ecatepec. 5 October 2008. Retrieved March 11, 2021.
4. "Archbishop José Mora y del Rio [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
5. "San Atilano Cruz Alvarado, Pbro | El Camino de los Mártires" (in Spanish). Camino de los Martires. Archived from the original on April 13, 2020. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
6. "Álvaro Obregón" (in Spanish). Biografias y Vidas. Retrieved May 29, 2019.

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