Gómez Segura, Marte Rodolfo (1896–1973)
Gómez Segura, Marte Rodolfo (1896–1973)
Marte R. Gómez was a Mexican politician belonging to the Institutional Revolutionary Party from the northern border state of Tamaulipas. Born in Ciudad Reynosa on July 4, 1896, Gómez studied agricultural and hydraulic engineering at the Mexican national agricultural school at Chapingo. During his career he occupied many elected and appointed offices including deputy and senator in the Mexican Congress and governor of the State of Tamaulipas. Serving as secretary of agriculture during the presidency of Manuel Ávila Camacho, Gómez Segura was the only member of the cabinet to oppose the collaboration of the Mexican government in the infamous bracero program. He also wrote extensively about agriculture and agricultural reform.
See alsoÁvila Camacho, Manuel; Mexico, Political Parties: Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Gómez, Marte R. La reforma agraria de México: Su crisis durante el periodo 1928–1934. Mexico: Miguel Porrúa, 1964.
Gómez, Marte R. La reforma agraria en las filas villistas, años 1913 a 1915 y 1920. Mexico: Biblioteca del Instituto Nacional de Estudios Históricos de la Revolución Mexicana, 1966.
Barbara Driscoll de Alvarado