Mexican lawyer, politician and diplomat
In this
Spanish name, the first or paternal
surname is
Gaxiola and the second or maternal family name is
Castillo-Negrete.
Francisco Javier Gaxiola Castillo-Negrete[1] (January 31, 1870 – November 18, 1933[2]) was a Mexican lawyer, politician and diplomat.
Gaxiola was born in Sinaloa de Leyva, and taught in superior-level institutions of law in the Estado de México. As a diplomat, he was adviser to the Legation of Mexico in Madrid.[3] From September 11, 1919, to March 8, 1920, he was acting Governor of the State of Mexico,[4] while Agustín Millán Vivero, the original governor, accompanied President Venustiano Carranza, when the rebellion in Agua Prieta exploded.[5] He died in Mexico City, aged 63.
Publications
- El General Antonio Rosales : revista histórica del estado en Sinaloa de 1856 a 1865, 1894
- Gobernantes del estado de México; Muzquiz-Zavala-Olaguíbel, 1899
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