Saturnino Cedillo

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Cedillo and the second or maternal family name is Martínez.
Saturnino Cedillo
Cedillo, c. 1915
Governor of San Luis Potosí
In office
1927–1931
Preceded byAbel Cano Villa
Succeeded byIldefonso Turrubiartes
Personal details
Born
Saturnino Cedillo Martínez

November 29, 1890
Ciudad del Maíz, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
DiedJanuary 11, 1939 (aged 48)
Sierra Ventana, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
Political partyNational Revolutionary Party
RelativesMaría Marcos Cedillo Salas (niece)

Saturnino Cedillo Martínez (November 29, 1890 – January 11, 1939) was a Mexican politician who participated in the Mexican Revolution and the Cristero War. He was governor of San Luis Potosí from 1927 to 1931 through the Partido Nacional Revolucionario (PNR) and served as Secretary of Agriculture on two occasions, one under President Pascual Ortiz Rubio and again under President Lázaro Cárdenas. He maintained de facto control of his home state until shortly before his death.[1] He "was the last of the great military caciques of the Mexican Revolution who maintained his own quasi-private personal army," building a fiefdom in the state of San Luis Potosí.[2]

Cedillo rose in rebellion against Cárdenas in 1938 and was killed.

  1. ^ Ankerson, Dudley. Agrarian Warlord. Saturnino Cedillo and the Mexican Revolution in San Luis Potosi. Northern Illinois University Press. DeKalb. 1984.
  2. ^ Falcón Vega, Romana. "Saturnino Cedillo". Encyclopedia of Mexico. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn 1997, 231.