About Francisco Vázquez Gómez
Lived 1860 – 1933 (aged 72). Francisco Vázquez Gómez was a Mexican politician and medico.
Biography Vázquez Gómez was born in Tula, Tamaulipas, into a rich Amerindian family. He studied medicine in Mexico City and worked as a physician 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).
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Who was Francisco Vázquez Gómez?
Minister of Public Instruction of Mexico (1860-1933)
When was Francisco Vázquez Gómez born?
Francisco Vázquez Gómez was born on 23 September 1860 in Ciudad Tula.
When did Francisco Vázquez Gómez die?
Francisco Vázquez Gómez died on 16 August 1933 in Mexico City.
What was Francisco Vázquez Gómez's occupation?
Francisco Vázquez Gómez was a politician and medico.
What nationality was Francisco Vázquez Gómez?
Francisco Vázquez Gómez was Mexican.
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