José Emilio Rabasa Estebanell (22 May 1856 — 25 April 1930) was a Mexican prominent writer, diplomat, and politician.

He wrote extensively on constitutional law, served as Governor of Chiapas, as state congressman, chaired several Mexican Academies and co-founded El Universal; an influential newspaper in Mexico City.

[2] Rabasa, Agustín Rodríguez[clarification needed] and Luis Elguero left Veracruz on May 10, 1914 aboard the German ship Kronprinzessin Cecilie to represent Victoriano Huerta's regime at the Niagara Falls conference mediating the dispute with the United States.

[4] On May 18 the delegation had been empowered to offer Huerta's resignation if necessary and began work at Niagara Falls on May 20 under the auspices of mediators composed of officials of Argentina, Brazil and Chile.

[7] He was professor of the National Schools and Free of Jurisprudence in teaching persevered until the end of his days and was recognized authority in Constitutional Law, he was entrusted with other important positions, such as the representative of the Government at the Niagara Falls Conferences in 1914 From then on, he spent six years in New York.