Javier Rojo Gómez

Javier Rojo Gómez (28 June 1896 – 31 December 1970) was a Mexican lawyer and politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).

In 1940, President Manuel Ávila Camacho appointed him to his cabinet as head of the Federal District Department, a position in which he served for six years.

[3] He received substantial support as his party's potential candidate for the 1946 presidential election but lost out to Miguel Alemán Valdés.

[3] During his governorship, he played a leading role in the territory's development as a tourist destination, including the resort city of Cancún.

Their son, Jorge Rojo Lugo (1933–2010), also served as governor of Hidalgo (1975–76 and 1978–81) and as the federal secretary of agrarian reform (1976–1978).