Javier Rojo Gómez | |
|---|---|
 Monument to Javier Rojo Gómez inPachuca, Hidalgo | |
| Governor of Quintana Roo | |
| In office 1967–1970 | |
| Head of the Federal District Department | |
| In office 1940–1946 | |
| Governor of Hidalgo | |
| In office 1937–1940 | |
| Federal deputy forHidalgo's 2nd district | |
| In office 1926–1928 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1896-06-28)28 June 1896 |
| Died | 31 December 1970(1970-12-31) (aged 74) Mexico City |
| Political party | PRI |
| Occupation | Politician |
Javier Rojo Gómez (28 June 1896 – 31 December 1970) was a Mexican lawyer and politician affiliated with theInstitutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He held a number of prominent public positions, includinggovernor of Hidalgo,head of the Federal District Department, andgovernor of Quintana Roo in the years before statehood.
Javier Rojo Gómez was born inBondojito [es], a community in themunicipality of Huichapan,Hidalgo, in 1896. He studied for a law degree inMexico City and graduated in 1921.[1]
In 1926, after serving as a local deputy in theCongress of Hidalgo on two occasions,[1] he was elected to theChamber of Deputies forHidalgo's 2nd district.[2][3]He was elected asgovernor of Hidalgo in 1937.In 1940, PresidentManuel Ávila Camacho appointed him to his cabinet ashead of the Federal District Department, a position in which he served for six years.[3] He received substantial support as his party's potential candidate for the1946 presidential election but lost out toMiguel Alemán Valdés.[1]
Rojo Gómez withdrew from political life until his 1956 appointment as ambassador to Japan, where he remained for two years. Back in Mexico, he was appointed to head theConfederación Nacional Campesina [es] (CNC) from 1962 to 1965.[1]On 2 June 1967 he took office as thegovernor of Quintana Roo when it was still a federal territory.[3] During his governorship, he played a leading role in the territory's development as a tourist destination, including the resort city ofCancún.[4]
While still in office as the territory's governor, Javier Rojo Gómez died in Mexico City on 31 December 1970.[4]
Rojo Gómez was married to Isabel Lugo, the sister ofJosé 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 thefederal secretary of agrarian reform (1976–1978). Another son, Javier, pursued a career in architecture.[5]
Monuments to Rojo Gómez stand inHuichapan, Hidalgo;[3]Pachuca, Hidalgo;[6] andChetumal, Quintana Roo.[7]
