Events from the year 1929 in Mexico
Incumbents Federal government President: Emilio Portes Gil Interior Secretary (SEGOB): Felipe Canales Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE): Communications Secretary (SCT): Javier Sánchez Mejorada Education Secretary (SEP): Ezequiel Padilla
Supreme Court
President of the Supreme Court:
Governors Aguascalientes: Manuel Carpio Velázquez (PNR) Campeche: Ramiro Bojórquez Castillo Chiapas: : Raymundo E. Enríquez (1928–1929), Ernesto Constantino Herrera (1929), Alvaro Cancino (1929) Chihuahua: 1928 - 1929: Marcelo Caraveo (1928-1929), Luis L. León (1929), Francisco R. Almada (1929), Luis L. León (1929), Francisco R. Almada (1929-1930) Coahuila: Manuel Pérez Treviño (1925-1929), :es:Nazario S. Ortiz Garza (PNR, 1929–1933) Colima: Laureano Cervantes Durango: Guanajuato: Agustín Arroyo Guerrero: Adrián Castrejón (PNR) Hidalgo: Matías Rodríguez (1925–1929), Bartolomé Vargas Lugo (1929–1933) Jalisco: Margarito Ramírez (1927–1929), José María Cuellar (1929–1930) State of Mexico: Carlos Riva Palacio, (1925–1929), Filiberto Gómez (PNR, 1929–1933) Michoacán: : Lázaro Cárdenas (1928–1929), Dámaso Cárdenas del Río (1929–1930) Morelos: Ambrosio Puente (interim) Nayarit: José de la Peña Ledón Nuevo León: Plutarco Elías Calles (son) (PNR, 1929), National Revolutionary Party, PNR, Generoso Chapa Garza, (PNR 1929), Aarón Sáenz, (PNR, 1929–1931) Oaxaca: Francisco López Cortés Puebla: Donato Bravo Izquierdo (1927-1929), Leónides Andrew Almazán (PNR, 1929-1932) Querétaro: Abraham Araujo (1927-1929), Ángel Vázquez Mellado (1929), Ramón Anaya (1929-1931) San Luis Potosí: Saturnino Cedillo Sinaloa: Macario Gaxiola (PNR) Sonora: Fausto Topete (1927–1929), Francisco S. Elías (PNR, 1929–1931) Tabasco: vacant Tamaulipas: Juan Rincón (1928–1929), Baudelio Villanueva (PNR), Francisco Castellanos (PNR, 1929–1933) Tlaxcala: Ignacio Mendoza (1925-1929), Adrián Vázquez Sánchez (PRI, 1929-1933) Veracruz: Adalberto Tejeda Olivares (Second Term) Yucatán: Álvaro Torre Díaz Zacatecas: Leobardo C. Ruiz
Events March 3 – Escobar Rebellion: A revolt by Generals José Gonzalo Escobar and Jesús María Aguirre, challenging the power of Plutarco Elías Calles, ends in failure. June 21 – Cristero War: The Mexican government and Archbishop Leopoldo Ruiz y Flóres sign an agreement which allowed worship to resume in Mexico and granted three concessions to the Catholics, bringing an end to the Cristero War. November 17 – 1929 Mexican presidential election: Pascual Ortiz Rubio of the National Revolutionary Party is elected the new President. It is now widely thought that the election was rigged.
Ongoing Mexican Repatriation (1929–1936)
Births January 4 – Aldo Monti, actor (died 2016) February 24 – Modesta Lavana, healer and activist for indigenous rights in Hueyapan (died 2010) March 24 – Ángela Gurría, sculptor (died 2023) April 5 – Vicente García Bernal, Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciudad Obregón (1988–2005). (died 2017) April 28 – Evangelina Elizondo, actress (died 2017) July 28 – José Solé, stage actor and director (Premio Nacional de Ciencias y Artes) (d. 2017) August 20 – Carlos Ancira, film actor (died 1987) October 17 — Sergio Chávez Saldaña, Chihuahua surgeon and teacher (d. 2018). November 18 — Francisco Savín, composer and director of Xalapa Symphony Orchestra (1963-1967); (d. 2018). Date unknown — Adela Peralta Leppe, actress, first female clown in Mexico (d. 2018)
Deaths 10 January – Julio Antonio Mella, activist March 20 – Miguel Alemán González, general (born 1884)
Date unknown Benigno Montoya Muñoz, architect, sculptor and painter (b. 1865)
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