1928 in Mexico

Events from the year 1928 in Mexico

Federal government

 * President:
 * Plutarco Elías Calles (until November 30)
 * Emilio Portes Gil (starting December 1)
 * Interior Secretary (SEGOB):
 * Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE):
 * Communications Secretary (SCT):
 * Education Secretary (SEP):

Supreme Court

 * President of the Supreme Court:

Governors

 * Aguascalientes: Isaac Díaz de León (1926-1928), Alberto Díaz de León Bocanegra (1928), Benjamín de la Mora (1928), Manuel Carpio Velázquez (1928-1929)
 * Campeche: Silvestre Pavón Silva (1927-1928), Pedro Tello Andueza (1928), Ramiro Bojórquez Castillo (1928-1931)
 * Chiapas: Federico Martínez Rojas (1927–1928), Amador Coutiño (1928), Rosendo Delabre Santeliz (1928), Raymundo E. Enríquez (1928-1929)
 * Chihuahua: Fernando Orozco (1927-1928), Marcelo Caraveo (1928-1929)
 * Coahuila: Manuel Pérez Treviño
 * Colima: Laureano Cervantes
 * Durango:
 * Guanajuato: Agustín Arroyo
 * Guerrero: Héctor F. López (1925–1928), Enrique Martínez (1928), Adrián Castrejón National Revolutionary Party (1928–1933)
 * Hidalgo: Matías Rodríguez
 * Jalisco:
 * State of Mexico: Carlos Riva Palacio
 * Michoacán: : Enrique Ramírez Aviña (1924–1928), Lázaro Cárdenas (1928–1929)
 * Morelos: Ambrosio Puente (interim)
 * Nayarit: José de la Peña Ledón
 * Nuevo León: José Benítez
 * Oaxaca: Genaro V. Vázquez (1925–1928), Francisco López Cortés (1928–1932)
 * Puebla: Donato Bravo Izquierdo
 * Querétaro: Abraham Araujo
 * San Luis Potosí: Saturnino Cedillo
 * Sinaloa: vacant
 * Sonora: Fausto Topete
 * Tabasco: Tomás Taracena Hernández
 * Tamaulipas: Juan Rincón
 * Tlaxcala:
 * Veracruz: Abel S. Rodríguez (1927-1928), Adalberto Tejeda Olivares (Second Term, 1928-1932)
 * Yucatán: Álvaro Torre Díaz
 * Zacatecas: Leobardo C. Ruiz

Events

 * July 1: 1928 Mexican general election: Álvaro Obregón is elected president for a second time.
 * July 17: Cristero War: José de León Toral, a Roman Catholic who supported the Cristeros, assassinates Álvaro Obregón.
 * December 1: Emilio Portes Gil becomes president.

Sports

 * 1927–28 Primera Fuerza season, won by Club América.
 * Mexico at the 1928 Summer Olympics
 * Mexico at the 1928 Winter Olympics

Births

 * March 19 – Josefina Leiner, actress (d. 2017).
 * March 30 – Lilia Prado, actress during the Golden Age of Mexican Cine; (d. 2006)
 * April 23 – Olga Harmony, playwright and drama teacher at the Escuela Nacional Preparatoria; (d. 2018).
 * April 28 – Evangelina Elizondo, actress (Premio Arlequín 2014; voice of Cinderella in the Walt Disney film), (d. October 2, 2017).
 * May 24 – Jacobo Zabludovsky, television anchor (24 Horas), (d. July 2, 2015).
 * July 21 – Josefina Echánove, actress, model and journalist
 * August 23 – Heberto Castillo, civil engineer and politician from Veracruz; (d. 1997)
 * October 5 – Enrique González Rojo Jr., poet, philosopher and teacher (d. March 5, 2021)
 * October 7 – Sergio Corona, actor from Hidalgo
 * October 24 – Rafael Barraza Sánchez, bishop of Mazatlan (1981-2005), born in Durango; (d. 2020)
 * December 25 – Juan Robinson Bours, businessman from Ciudad Obregón, Sonora (d. 2017).
 * Date unknown
 * Jacinto Contreras Martínez, polítician (d. May 20, 2018).
 * Melquiades Sánchez Orozco, journalist and radio announcer (d. November 4, 2018)
 * Luisa Josefina Hernández, writer and playwright

Deaths

 * February 10 – José Sánchez del Río, Mexican Cristero (b. 1913)
 * February 25 – Toribio Romo González, Roman Catholic priest (b. 1900)
 * April 22 – José Mora y del Río, Archbishop of Mexico, died in exile in San Antonio, TX; (b. 1854 in Michoacan)
 * July 1 – Atilano Cruz Alvarado, Saint of the Cristero War (b. 1901)
 * July 12 – Emilio Carranza, pilot (b. Coahuila 1905)
 * July 17 – Álvaro Obregón, 39th President of Mexico; assassinated after being reelected in 1928 (b. 1880)