1928 in Mexico
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Events from the year 1928 in Mexico
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Incumbents
Federal government
- President:
- Plutarco ElÃas Calles (until November 30)
- Emilio Portes Gil (starting December 1)
- Interior Secretary (SEGOB): Adalberto Tejeda then Gonzalo Vázquez Vela then Emilio Portes Gil then Felipe Canales
- Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE):
- Communications Secretary (SCT): Ramón Ross then Javier Sánchez Mejorada
- Education Secretary (SEP): José Manuel Puig Casauranc then Moisés Sáenz then Ezequiel Padilla
Supreme Court
- President of the Supreme Court:
Governors
- Aguascalientes: Isaac DÃaz de León (1926-1928), Alberto DÃaz de León Bocanegra (1928), BenjamÃn 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 MartÃnez Rojas (1927â1928), Amador Coutiño (1928), Rosendo Delabre Santeliz (1928), Raymundo E. EnrÃquez (1928-1929)
- Chihuahua: Fernando Orozco (1927-1928), Marcelo Caraveo (1928-1929)
- Coahuila: Manuel Pérez Treviño
- Colima: Laureano Cervantes
- Durango:
- Guanajuato: AgustÃn Arroyo
- Guerrero: Héctor F. López (1925â1928), Enrique MartÃnez (1928), Adrián Castrejón National Revolutionary Party (1928â1933)
- Hidalgo: MatÃas RodrÃguez
- Jalisco: Margarito RamÃrez
- State of Mexico: Carlos Riva Palacio
- Michoacán: : Enrique RamÃrez Aviña (1924â1928), Lázaro Cárdenas (1928â1929)
- Morelos: Ambrosio Puente (interim)[1]
- Nayarit: José de la Peña Ledón
- Nuevo León: José BenÃtez
- Oaxaca: Genaro V. Vázquez (1925â1928), Francisco López Cortés (1928â1932)
- Puebla: Donato Bravo Izquierdo
- Querétaro: Abraham Araujo
- San Luis PotosÃ: Saturnino Cedillo
- Sinaloa: vacant
- Sonora: Fausto Topete
- Tabasco: Tomás Taracena Hernández
- Tamaulipas: Juan Rincón
- Tlaxcala: Ignacio Mendoza
- Veracruz: Abel S. RodrÃguez (1927-1928), Adalberto Tejeda Olivares (Second Term, 1928-1932)
- Yucatán: Ãlvaro Torre DÃaz
- Zacatecas: Leobardo C. Ruiz
Events
- July 1: 1928 Mexican general election: Ãlvaro Obregón is elected president for a second time.[2]
- July 17: Cristero War: José de León Toral, a Roman Catholic who supported the Cristeros, assassinates Ãlvaro Obregón.[2]
- December 1: Emilio Portes Gil becomes president.
Sports
Births
- March 19 â Josefina Leiner, actress (d. 2017).
- March 30 â Lilia Prado, actress during the Golden Age of Mexican Cine; (d. 2006)
- April 23 â Olga Harmony, playwright and drama teacher at the Escuela Nacional Preparatoria; (d. 2018).
- April 28 â Evangelina Elizondo, actress (Premio ArlequÃn 2014; voice of Cinderella in the Walt Disney film), (d. October 2, 2017).
- May 24 â Jacobo Zabludovsky, television anchor (24 Horas), (d. July 2, 2015).
- July 21 â Josefina Echánove, actress, model and journalist
- August 23 â Heberto Castillo, civil engineer and politician from Veracruz; (d. 1997)
- October 5 â Enrique González Rojo Jr., poet, philosopher and teacher (d. March 5, 2021)[3]
- October 7 â Sergio Corona, actor from Hidalgo
- October 24 â Rafael Barraza Sánchez, bishop of Mazatlan (1981-2005), born in Durango; (d. 2020)
- December 25 â Juan Robinson Bours, businessman from Ciudad Obregón, Sonora (d. 2017).
- Date unknown
- Jacinto Contreras MartÃnez, polÃtician (d. May 20, 2018).
- Melquiades Sánchez Orozco, journalist and radio announcer (d. November 4, 2018)
- Luisa Josefina Hernández, writer and playwright
Deaths
- February 10 â José Sánchez del RÃo, Mexican Cristero (b. 1913)
- February 25 â Toribio Romo González, Roman Catholic priest (b. 1900)
- April 22 â José Mora y del RÃo, Archbishop of Mexico, died in exile in San Antonio, TX; (b. 1854 in Michoacan)[4]
- July 1 â Atilano Cruz Alvarado, Saint of the Cristero War (b. 1901)[5]
- July 12 â Emilio Carranza, pilot (b. Coahuila 1905)
- July 17 â Ãlvaro Obregón, 39th President of Mexico; assassinated after being reelected in 1928 (b. 1880)[6]