Manuel Pérez Trevino

Manuel Pérez Treviño (Villa Guerrero, Coahuila; June 5, 1890-Nueva Rosita, Coahuila; April 29, 1945) was a Mexican military man, politician, and diplomat. He was an important character and leader during and after the Mexican Revolution.

Early years and family life

Pérez Treviño was born on June 5, 1890, son of Jesús Pérez Rodríguez and Candelaria Treviño Rivera in Villa de Guerrero in the state of Coahuila. He was married to Esther González Pemoulié. He completed his primary education in his native place and in Piedras Negras. At the Ateneo Fuente he attended high school and high school. He studied engineering in the country's capital. In 1913, after studying engineering in Mexico City, he joined the Mexican Revolution as a second captain in an artillery unit. After the Revolution, he founded the National Revolutionary Party which throughout its existence would become the Party of the Mexican Revolution in 1938; which would finally become the current Institutional Revolutionary Party in 1946.

Constitutionalist Revolution and Mexican Revolution

In 1913 he joined the Constitutionalist Revolution, with the rank of 2nd Artillery Captain. In 1916 he fought the Villistas as artillery chief of Bravo. In 1917 he was appointed senior officer of the Ministry of War and Navy. In the same year he was promoted to brigadier general. He joined the Agua Prieta Plan in 1920, and was appointed by Álvaro Obregón chief of the General Staff. He designed, together with Carlos Prieto, the cannon model that the revolutionary forces used throughout the campaign. He participated in the battles of Salinas, Victoria, Terán, Linares and Monterrey. He fought in Victoria and in Tampico, Tamaulipas. He remained faithful to Venustiano Carranza in his split with Francisco Villa.

PNR-PRI and governor of Coahuila

He was founder and first president of the National Revolutionary Party, predecessor of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, created on March 4, 1929 in the city of Querétaro.^{[citation required]}

He was appointed provisional Governor of Coahuila in April 1923. During the years 1923 and 1924 he was Secretary of Industry and Commerce. He returned to Coahuila as a candidate for governor, and was elected for the period 1925-1929. During his administration he strengthened the political cadres of the State by combining the interests of Obregonista and Carrancista groups, and supported teachers by ensuring their salaries and better benefits.

Other charges

He was Secretary of Development and Agriculture during the federal government of engineer Pascual Ortiz Rubio.

Precandidate for the presidency of Mexico

In 1933 he was senator of the Republic for Coahuila. He was also a pre-candidate for the presidency of Mexico, and there he was an opponent of General Lázaro Cárdenas del Río. At the Convention held in 1933 that designated General Lázaro Cárdenas as candidate for the Presidency of the Republic, the National Assembly of the PNR gave him prolonged and enthusiastic applause as if recognizing his political merits.

Diplomatic service

By not achieving this goal of the presidential nomination, he entered the diplomatic service as ambassador of Mexico in Chile, Spain (1935-1936), in Portugal (1935-1937) and Turkey.

While he was Mexican ambassador to Spain in 1936, the civil war began. He and his diplomatic corps saved many lives because he ordered asylum granted at the Mexican embassy in Madrid.

In 1940 he founded the National Anti-Communist Party. He enjoyed the trust and support of General Plutarco Elías Calles.

Death

He died in the city of Nueva Rosita, Coahuila on April 29, 1945. In Piedras Negras, a statue was erected in his honor, located at the intersections of Manuel Pérez Treviño and Martínez avenues, near the Esfuerzo neighborhood. National. Several avenues in that city and in Saltillo are named after him. ^{[ citation needed ]}