Basilio Vadillo [SEP] date of birth
Basilio Vadillo
Basilio Vadillo (14 July 1885, Zapotlán, Jalisco, Mexico – 25 July 1935, Montevideo, Uruguay) was an educator and politician who served briefly as Governor of the Mexican State of Jalisco (1921–22).
He was born in Zapotlán, Jal. (since renamed Zapotitlán de Vadillo), and as a young boy moved to Colima. He worked as a teacher in Colima and served as the director of the Ramón R. de la Vega school. After Victoriano Huerta's 1913 coup (the overthrowing
from 1921-1922, and served as a National Congressional Deputy and as president of the Partido Nacional Revolucionario (the forerunner of the modern PRI).
During his tenure as Governor of Jalisco, Vadillo signed the communal land grant for the City of Puerto Vallarta. The city later honored him by naming a street in the "Olas Altas" area after him. Ca. Basilio Vadillo is known for its numerous restaurants.
Basilio Vadillo is interred in Guadalajara at the "Rotunda de los Hombres Ilustres".
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