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Monument to Javier Rojo Gómez in Pachuca, Hidalgo

Javier Rojo Gómez (28 June 1896 – 31 December 1970) was a Mexican lawyer and politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He held a number of prominent public positions, including the head of the Federal District Department, governor of Hidalgo, and governor of Quintana Roo in the years before statehood.

Life

Javier Rojo Gómez was born in Bondojito [es], a community in the municipality of Huichapan, Hidalgo, in 1896. He studied for a law degree in Mexico City and graduated in 1921.

In 1926, after serving as a local deputy in the Congress of Hidalgo on two occasions, he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies for Hidalgo's 2nd district. He was elected as governor of Hidalgo in 1937. In 1940, President Manuel Ávila Camacho appointed him to his cabinet as head of the Federal District Department, a position in which he served for six years. He received substantial support as his party's potential candidate for the 1946 presidential election but lost out to Miguel Alemán Valdés.

Rojo Gómez withdrew from political life until his 1956 appointment as ambassador to Japan, where he remained for two years. Back in Mexico, he was appointed to head the Confederación Nacional Campesina [es] (CNC) from 1962 to 1965. On 2 June 1967 he took office as the governor of Quintana Roo when it was still a federal territory. During his governorship, he played a leading role in the territory's development as a tourist destination, including the resort city of Cancún.

While still in office as the territory's governor, Javier Rojo Gómez died in Mexico City on 31 December 1970.

Legacy

Monuments to Rojo Gómez stand in Huichapan, Hidalgo; Pachuca, Hidalgo; and Chetumal, Quintana Roo.

References

  1. ^ Ávila, Jorge (3 July 2023). "Javier Rojo Gómez: "Un hombre de este pueblo"". Criterio Hidalgo. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
  2. "Legislatura 32" (PDF). Cámara de Diputados. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
  3. ^ Luna, Mario (29 June 2024). "¿Conoces a Javier Rojo Gómez?". El Sol de San Juan del Río. Organización Editorial Mexicana. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
  4. ^ Díaz G., Pedro (15 June 2022). "¿Quién fue Javier Rojo Gómez?". Excélsior. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
  5. "Javier Rojo Gómez: compromiso y honestidad para Chetumal". Novedades Quintana Roo. 22 April 2018. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
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