Isidro Fabela

José Isidro Fabela Alfaro[1] (28 June 1882 – 12 August 1964) was a Mexican judge, politician, professor, writer, publisher, governor of the State of Mexico, diplomat, and delegate to the now defunct League of Nations.

[2][4] In 1913, Isidro briefly fled Mexico to Cuba after calling upon the Ministers of the Government to cease their action, in particular the "arbitrary detention" of the editor of El Voto newspaper.

"[6] Isidro Fabela held numerous international positions, the first of such being Secretary of Foreign Relations for the government of Venustiano Carranza from 1913 to 1915.

In this capacity, he presented on behalf of the Mexican Foreign Minister Eduardo Hay on March 19, 1938, formulated by him, an official note of protest against the occupation of Austria by the troops of the German Wehrmacht.

Mexico was the only country in the world to officially protest against the "connection" designated annexation of Austria before the League of Nations.

[10] To commemorate this act, after the war, in the Viennese district of Donaustadt, a promenade in the UNO-City complex, where the Vienna headquarters of the United Nations is located, was named after him.

Fabela is next to Gilberto Bosques, the savior of numerous Austrian persecuted during the Nazi era, the second Mexican diplomat, to bestow this honor.

The cultural center is considered a historical monument and houses a large art collection formerly belonging to Isidro Fabela.

The award has been given every year since 1954 by the Senate of Mexico to eminent Mexicans with a distinguished lifetime career who contributed most "toward the welfare of the Nation and mankind".

The Technical Board of the Faculty of Law (FD) for the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) awards a medal named for Isidro Fabela.