José_López_Portillo_y_Rojas

José López Portillo y Rojas

José López Portillo y Rojas

Mexican politician (1850–1923)

For his grandson, the president of Mexico, see José López Portillo.
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is López Portillo and the second or maternal family name is Rojas.

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.

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

Works

  • Novels
La Parcela (1898)
Los Precursores (1909)
Fuertes y débiles (1919)
La Horma de Su Zapato
  • Essays and stories
Seis Leyendas (1883)
Novelas Cortas (1900)
Sucesos y Novelas Cortas (1903)
Historias, Historietas y Cuentecillos (1918)

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