Adalberto Tejeda Olivares

Sixto Adalberto Tejeda Olivares ( born March 28, 1883 in Chicontepec Tejeda, † September 8, 1960 in Mexico City) was governor of the Mexican state of Veracruz and the Mexican ambassador.

Life

His parents were from Chicontepec Eutiquia Olivares and Luis Tejeda Guzman, Jalacingo. He was the firstborn and defended the indigenous inhabitants of his village. After primary school in Chicontepec he attended the Escuela Nacional Preparatoria and graduated from the Escuela Nacional de Ingeniería. He then worked as a broker. After the assassination of Francisco Madero in 1913, he took part in the Mexican Revolution in the troops of Rafael M. Pedrajo. He was led council and a no troop of armed farmers. In the army of the constitutionalists, he became lieutenant colonel and led the General Staff of Candido Aguilar, the commander of the Division in the east. 1915 appointed him Venustiano Carranza commander of military operations in the Huasteca Veracruzana. He was MP for Chicontepec for the Constituent Assembly in 1917, but military duties prevented him from attending the meetings. Therefore, he was represented by substitutes Enrique Meza Llorente. 1918 Olivares was elected to the Senate. Alvaro Obregon 1920 President, Adalberto Tejeda Olivares who was appointed governor of Veracruz. During his term as governor he promoted the education in the country and reorganized the administration of the state. He promoted land reform against Latifundisten and supported the establishment of the Liga de Comunidades Agrarias and the tenant movement of Heron Proal. He supported the project of the Chamber of Commerce of Jalapa: A stadium with a grass stand, which opened on 7 May 1922. He was confronted with problems caused by oil companies which exploited the article 27 of the Constitution injured and deposits in the northeast of the state. He also opposed the rebellion of Adolfo de la Huerta. The end of 1924 he was appointed Plutarco Elías Calles as Minister of Communications and Works and Government ministers. In this position, he led the Guerra Cristera. In 1934 he was presidential candidate of the Partido Comunista Mexicano. As Lázaro Cárdenas del Río was President Adalberto Tejeda entered Sixto Olivares in the foreign service. In 1948 he was promoted to brigadier general.