Francisco Javier Gaxiola Castillo-Negrete[1] (January 31, 1870 – November 18, 1933[2]) was a Mexican lawyer, politician and diplomat.

Gaxiola was born in Sinaloa de Leyva, and taught in superior-level institutions of law in the Estado de México.

As a diplomat, he was adviser to the Legation of Mexico in Madrid.

[3] From September 11, 1919, to March 8, 1920, he was acting Governor of the State of Mexico,[4] while Agustín Millán Vivero, the original governor, accompanied President Venustiano Carranza, when the rebellion in Agua Prieta exploded.

[5] He died in Mexico City, aged 63.