José López Portillo y Rojas explained

José López Portillo y Rojas
Office1:Governor of Jalisco
Term Start1:October 23, 1912
Term End1:February 10, 1914
Predecessor1:Alberto Robles Gil
Successor1:José M. Mier
Office2:Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico
President2:Victoriano Huerta
Term Start2:February 17, 1914
Term End2:July 10, 1914
Predecessor2:Querido Moheno
Successor2:Francisco S. Carvajal
Birth Date:26 May 1850
Birth Place:Guadalajara, Jalisco
Death Place:Mexico DF
Nationality:Mexican
Relations:José López Portillo y Pacheco (grandson)
Profession:lawyer, politician

José López Portillo y Rojas (May 26, 1850 – May 22, 1923), born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, was a Mexican lawyer, politician and man of letters. He served as Governor of Jalisco in 1911 and as Secretary of Foreign Affairs in 1914 for coup leader and brief Mexican President Victoriano Huerta, during the United States occupation of Veracruz. He served as Director of the Mexican Academy of Language from 1916 to 1923.

His grandson José López Portillo y Pacheco, was the president of Mexico from 1976 to 1982.

Works

La Parcela (1898)

Los Precursores (1909)

Fuertes y débiles (1919)

La Horma de Su Zapato

Seis Leyendas (1883)

Novelas Cortas (1900)

Sucesos y Novelas Cortas (1903)

Historias, Historietas y Cuentecillos (1918)

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