Javier Rojo Gómez

Javier Rojo Gómez (28 June 1896 – 31 December 1970) was a Mexican lawyer and politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He held a number of prominent public positions, including governor of Hidalgo, head of the Federal District Department, and governor of Quintana Roo in the years before statehood.

Political career Javier Rojo Gómez was born in , a community in the municipality of Huichapan, Hidalgo, in 1896. He studied for a law degree in Mexico City and graduated in 1921. he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies for Hidalgo's 2nd district. He was elected as governor of Hidalgo in 1937. In 1940, President Manuel Ávila Camacho appointed him to his cabinet as head of the Federal District Department, a position in which he served for six years.

Personal life Rojo Gómez was married to Isabel Lugo, the sister of José Lugo Guerrero (governor of Hidalgo from 1941 to 1945). Their son, Jorge Rojo Lugo (1933–2010), also served as governor of Hidalgo (1975–76 and 1978–81) and as the federal secretary of agrarian reform (1976–1978). Another son, Javier, pursued a career in architecture.

Legacy Monuments to Rojo Gómez stand in Huichapan, Hidalgo; and Chetumal, Quintana Roo.