Francisco Vázquez Gómez (23 September 1860 – 16 August 1933) served as personal physician to

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, as Minister of Public Instruction to President

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and as a running mate to

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during the 1910 presidential elections. Prior to this Vázquez Gómez had been a supporter of

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, another presidential hopeful with strong ties to Díaz' regime.

Biography

Vázquez Gómez was born in

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, into a rich

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family. He studied Medicine in

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and worked as a physician in

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before returning to serve as the personal physician to long-time serving President Díaz. In 1909, he joined his brother

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in the anti-reelectionist movement but refused to join a national call to arms after the government illegally imprisoned former presidential candidate

, with whom he campaigned on a narrow, pro

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and democratic government.Hart, John Mason. ''Revolutionary Mexico: The Coming and Progress of the Mexican Revolution'' p. 240 After a short voluntary exile in

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, he returned to Mexico to assume the Ministry of Public Instruction in the presidential cabinet of

(26 May - 5 November 1911).

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