Amado Aguirre Santiago

Amado Aguirre Santiago (February 3 or 8,[1][2] 1863 in San Sebastián, Jalisco – August 22, 1949 in Mexico City) was a Mexican general and politician.

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Aguirre and the second or maternal family name is Santiago.

Amado Aguirre Santiago
Born	February 3/8, 1863 San Sebastián, Jalisco, Mexico
Died	August 22, 1949 (1949-08-23) (aged 86) Mexico City, Mexico
Occupation	general and politician

Biography

Aguirre was the son of Ignacio Aguirre Peña, the first municipal president of San Sebastián, and Mariana Santiago Lope. He graduated from the mining engineering program in Guadalajara. During the Mexican revolution, he fought under General Manuel M. Diéguez, later joining General Alvaro Obregón. He held a number of positions in the Mexican government, at various levels. From 1916 to 1917, he was constituent deputy, then military commander of Guadalajara, interim governor of Jalisco, member of the inspection commission of the army, senator during the XXVII period, undersecretary of agriculture and development (Spanish: Subsecretario de Agricultura y Fomento, and president of the Comité Nacional Obregonista, manager of the Caja de Préstamos. He was Secretary of Communications and Public Works from 1921 to 1924, and was governor and military commander of the Federal Territory of Quintana Roo from 1924 to 1925,[3] ambassador to Chile and representative to Brazil and Costa Rica,[4] governor and military commander of the Baja California Sur district from 1927 to 1929,[5] and director of the Heroico Colegio Militar in 1925.[6][2]

References

1. BNF
2. Amado Aguirre (1863–1949) (Spanish)
3. Mexican states-Quintana Roo
4. Colecciónes Historicas-Amado Aguirre (Spanish)
5. Mexican States-Baja California Sur
6. directors of the Heroico Colegio Militar, SEDENA

External links

• Amado Aguirre in the Ibero-American Institute (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation) catalogue, Berlin

Military offices
Preceded by Manuel Mendoza Sarabia	Director of the Heroico Colegio Militar 1925	Succeeded by Miguel M. Acosta Guajardo
Government offices
Preceded by Pascual Ortiz Rubio	Secretary of Communications and Public Works 1921–1924	Succeeded by Adalberto Tejeda
Preceded by Enrique Barocio Barrios	Governor of the Federal Territory of Quintana Roo 1925	Succeeded by Enrique Barocio Barrios
Preceded by Daniel Galindo	Governor of Baja California Sur 1927–1929	Succeeded by Agustín Olachea Avilés