Roque Estrada Reynoso. Lawyer, journalist, writer. Born in Moyahua,

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on August 16, 1883. His parents were José Camilo Estrada Haro and Micaela Reynoso Espitia. His younger brother was

Enrique Estrada Enrique Estrada Reynoso (1890–1942) was a Mexican General, politician, and Secretariat of National Defense (Mexico), Secretary of National Defense. Born in Moyahua, Zacatecas in 1890. His parents were José Camilo Estrada Haro and Micaela Reyno ...

. He organized workers in a socialist party in Guadalajara in 1904. He completed his law degree at the University of Guadalajara in 1906. He participated in the presidential campaign of

Francisco I. Madero Francisco Ignacio Madero González (; 30 October 1873 – 22 February 1913) was a Mexican businessman, revolutionary, writer and statesman, who became the 37th president of Mexico from 1911 until he was deposed in a coup d'etat in February 1 ...

in 1909, as a Member of the Anti-Reelectionist Center. He was jailed with Francisco I. Madero in San Luis Potosí, in 1909. Later, he became the provisional Secretary to

in 1910, when he returned to Mexico. He was also the Private Secretary to

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in 1914. He was appointed the Commanding Officer of the 2nd Cavalry Brigade, Western Division from 1914 to 1915, and he obtained the rank of Brigadier General. He was Provisional Governor of Aguascalientes in 1915. From 1915 to 1916, he was named Secretary of Justice. He was candidate for president of Mexico against General

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, in 1920. He was federal deputy from the State of Zacatecas, 1920-22. He joined his brother

in 1923 in support of the

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rebellion. As a result, he was in exiled to the United States in 1923 and 1927-29. He was the Secretary of Press and Publicity of the CEN of

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(Spanish: Partido Revolucionario Institucional or PRI), June 19, 1935. In 1942 he was judge and then president of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación), in 1952. In 1957 he was honored with the Belisario Domínguez Medal of the Senate (Medalla Belisario Domínguez del Senado de la República), the highest decoration that the Mexican Senate gives to the most eminent citizens. He died in Mexico City on November 27, 1966.

Chief Justices Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation

Chief Justice (

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) under the 1917 Constitution: * 1941–1951: Salvador Urbina * 1952: Roque Estrada Reynoso * 1953: Hilario Medina

Books

*''La Revolución y Francisco I. Madero. Primero, segunda y tercera etapas.'' Guadalajara: Imprenta americana, Marzo de 1912. *''Momento psicologico.'' Mexico, 1914. (Written during March and April, 1914, while in prison in Mexico.--cf. p. 62.) *''Tema desarrollado en el teatro : arbeu, la noche del 22 de Mayo de 1916, en la velada con motivo de la repartición de socorros a los heridos en campaña: nuestros problemas.'' México: Andrés Botas, 1916 *''Concentración antibolchevique.'' México: Imprenta I. Escalante, 1923. *''... Liberación, novela histórica-contemporánea. Portada de Ernesto García Cabral.'' México: Editorial "Cvltvra", 1933. (A series of articles originally appearing in Excelsior, Dec. 18-19, 1922 and Jan. 2-29, 1923) *''... Idiota, novela''. México: Ediciones Botas, 1935.

Sources

* Estrada Reynoso, Roque. In: ''Mexican Political Biographies, 1935-1993''. By Roderic Ai Camp, Austin: University of Texas Press, 1995: 223-224. * Estrada Reynoso, Roque. In: ''Historical dictionary of Mexico''. By Donald C. Briggs, Marvin Álisky, Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1981: 77.

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