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Amado Aguirre Santiago

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Mexican general and politician In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Aguirre and the second or maternal family name is Santiago.
Amado Aguirre Santiago
BornFebruary 3/8, 1863
San Sebastián, Jalisco, Mexico
DiedAugust 22, 1949 (1949-08-23) (aged 86)
Mexico City, Mexico
Occupation(s)general and politician

Amado Aguirre Santiago (February 3 or 8, 1863 in San Sebastián, Jalisco – August 22, 1949 in Mexico City) was a Mexican general and politician.

Biography

Aguirre was the son of Ignacio Aguirre Peña, the first municipal president of San Sebastián, and Mariana Santiago Lope. He graduated from the mining engineering program in Guadalajara. During the Mexican Revolution, he fought under General Manuel M. Diéguez, later joining General Alvaro Obregón. He held a number of positions in the Mexican government, at various levels. From 1916 to 1917, he was constituent deputy, then military commander of Guadalajara, interim governor of Jalisco, member of the inspection commission of the army, senator during the XXVII period, undersecretary of agriculture and development (Spanish: Subsecretario de Agricultura y Fomento, and president of the Comité Nacional Obregonista, manager of the Caja de Préstamos. He was Secretary of Communications and Public Works from 1921 to 1924, and was governor and military commander of the Federal Territory of Quintana Roo from 1924 to 1925, ambassador to Chile and representative to Brazil and Costa Rica, governor and military commander of the Baja California Sur district from 1927 to 1929, and director of the Heroico Colegio Militar in 1925.

References

  1. BNF
  2. ^ Amado Aguirre (1863–1949) (Spanish)
  3. Mexican states-Quintana Roo
  4. Colecciónes Historicas-Amado Aguirre Archived 2013-03-17 at the Wayback Machine (Spanish)
  5. Mexican States-Baja California Sur
  6. directors of the Heroico Colegio Militar, SEDENA

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Military offices
Preceded byManuel Mendoza Sarabia Director of the Heroico Colegio Militar
1925 		Succeeded byMiguel M. Acosta Guajardo
Government offices
Preceded byPascual Ortiz Rubio Secretary of Communications and Public Works
1921–1924 		Succeeded byAdalberto Tejeda
Preceded byEnrique Barocio Barrios Governor of the Federal Territory of Quintana Roo
1925 		Succeeded byEnrique Barocio Barrios
Preceded byDaniel Galindo Governor of Baja California Sur
1927–1929 		Succeeded byAgustín Olachea Avilés
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