Agustín Millán Vivero Explained

Agustín Millán
Office1:Governor of Veracruz
Term Start1:October 15, 1915
Term End1:1916
Predecessor1:Cándido Aguilar Vargas
Successor1:Cándido Aguilar Vargas
Office2:Governor of the State of Mexico
Term Start2:June 30, 1917
Term End2:September 6, 1918
Term Start3:March 4, 1919
Term End3:September 11, 1919
Term Start4:March 8, 1920
Term End4:May 13, 1920
Predecessor4:Carlos Tejada
Successor4:Darío López (interim)
President:Venustiano Carranza
Birth Date:24 July 1879
Birth Place:Texcaltitlán
Nationality:Mexican
Party:Partido Antirreeleccionista
Rank:Brigadier General

Agustín Millán Vivero (July 24, 1879 in Texcaltitlán – March 18, 1920) was a Mexican general and politician.

Biography

Millán moved to Orizaba, when he was 20 years old, where he worked as a carpenter. In 1909, during the beginning revolution in Mexico, he joined the Partido Antirreeleccionista (Anti-Reelection party), and supported Francisco I. Madero. In 1913 he fought in the rank of a second lieutenant[1] under General Cándido Aguilar (División de Oriente) against Victoriano Huerta, who substituted him temporarily as military commander and as governor of Veracruz in 1915.[2] On June 30, 1917, in the rank of a Brigadier General, he followed Carlos Tejada as Governor of the State of Mexico, supported by the Club Democrático Progresista. During this period, he was two times absent because of military reasons. The first time, Joaquín García Luna acted in place of him from September 6, 1918, to March 4, 1919. When the rebellion in Agua Prieta exploded, he accompanied President Venustiano Carranza. At this time, Francisco Javier Gaxiola acted in place of him from September 11, 1919, to March 8, 1920. Millán became injured in the battle actions.[3] Due to his bad physical constitution, Darío López became interim governor on March 13, a few days before Millán died in consequence of his injuries.[4]

Notes and References

  1. http://members.fortunecity.es/milo2/AMV.htm Gral. Agustín Millán Vivero
  2. http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Mexico_states2.html#Veracruz States of Mexico M-Z - Veracruz
  3. Gerardo Novo Valencia: El centro deportivo Agustín Millán (Spanish), October 22, 2007.
  4. http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Mexico_states2.html States of Mexico M-Z - México (Estado de México)