Francisco Vázquez Gómez
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Francisco Vázquez Gómez served as personal physician to Mexican president
Porfirio Díaz
, 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.
, into a rich Amerindian family. He studied Medicine in Mexico City
and worked as a phyisician 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.
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).
President of Mexico
The President of the United Mexican States is the head of state and government of Mexico. Under the Constitution, the president is also the Supreme Commander of the Mexican armed forces...
Porfirio Díaz
Porfirio Díaz
José de la Cruz Porfirio Díaz Mori was a Mexican-American War volunteer and French intervention hero, an accomplished general and the President of Mexico continuously from 1876 to 1911, with the exception of a brief term in 1876 when he left Juan N...
, as Minister of Public Instruction to President Francisco León de la Barra
Francisco León de la Barra
Francisco León de la Barra y Quijano was a Mexican political figure and diplomat, who served as interim president of Mexico from May 25 to November 6, 1911....
and as a running mate to Francisco I. Madero
Francisco I. Madero
Francisco Ignacio Madero González was a politician, writer and revolutionary who served as President of Mexico from 1911 to 1913. As a respectable upper-class politician, he supplied a center around which opposition to the dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz could coalesce...
during the 1910 presidential elections. Prior to this Vázquez Gómez had been a supporter of Bernardo Reyes
Bernardo Reyes
Bernardo Reyes was a General in the army of Mexico under Porfirio Díaz. He served as governor of Nuevo León he helped in the modernization of that state. While governor of Nuevo León, Reyes approved a workers compensation law. He was the father of the writer Alfonso Reyes, and grandfather of the...
, another presidential hopeful with strong ties to Díaz' regime.
Biography
Vázquez Gómez was born in Tula, TamaulipasTula, Tamaulipas
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, into a rich Amerindian family. He studied Medicine in Mexico City
Mexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
and worked as a phyisician 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
Francisco I. Madero
Francisco Ignacio Madero González was a politician, writer and revolutionary who served as President of Mexico from 1911 to 1913. As a respectable upper-class politician, he supplied a center around which opposition to the dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz could coalesce...
, with whom he campaigned on a narrow, pro free-market and democratic government.
After a short voluntary exile in El Paso, Texas
El Paso, Texas
El Paso, is a city in and the county seat of El Paso County, Texas, United States, and lies in far West Texas. In the 2010 census, the city had a population of 649,121. It is the sixth largest city in Texas and the 19th largest city in the United States...
, he returned to Mexico to assume the Ministry of Public Instruction in the presidential cabinet of Francisco León de la Barra
Francisco León de la Barra
Francisco León de la Barra y Quijano was a Mexican political figure and diplomat, who served as interim president of Mexico from May 25 to November 6, 1911....
(26 May - 5 November 1911).