Belisario Domínguez 3073329 220389428 2008-06-19T16:56:58Z 189.154.77.22 [[Image:Belisario Domínguez.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Monument to Belisario Dominguez in the Congress of Mexico]] '''Belisario Domínguez''' (b. [[April 25]], [[1863]] in [[Comitán]], [[Chiapas]] – d. [[October 7]], [[1913]] in [[Mexico City]]) was a [[Mexico|Mexican]] physician and liberal politician who served as senator and gave a memorable [[Speech (public address)|speech]] in the [[Congress of Mexico|Congress]] against the dictator [[Victoriano Huerta]] for which he was murdered. Domínguez was born to Cleofas Domínguez and María del Pilar Palencia. His grandfather, Don Quirino Domínguez y Ulloa had been vice-governor of Chiapas. He studied [[high school]] in [[San Cristóbal de las Casas]], Chiapas. In 1879 he went to [[Paris]] where we studied [[medicine]], he lived in Paris for 10 years. In 1889 he returned to Mexico and in 1890 we married Delina Zebadúa with whom he had four children. His wife died at a young age. In 1909 he was elected mayor of Comitán. In 1912] Leopoldo Gout and him ran for a seat in the Senate (Domínguez as substitute senator), when Gout died, Domínguez replaced him. In 1913 he gave a speech in the [[Congress of Mexico|Congress]] against the dictator [[Victoriano Huerta]] and as a result he was murdered in Mexico City by Gilberto Márquez, Alberto Quiroz, José Hernández Ramírez and Gabriel Huerta. The [[Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor|Medal of Honor Belisario Domínguez]] is named after him. {{DEFAULTSORT:Dominguez, Belisario}} [[Category:Mexican senators]] [[Category:Mayors of places in Mexico]] [[Category:Assassinated Mexican politicians]] [[Category:People from Chiapas]] [[Category:Mexican physicians]] [[Category:1863 births]] [[Category:1913 deaths]] [[Category:Mexican democracy activists]] [[category:People of the Mexican Revolution]] [[es:Belisario Domínguez Palencia]] [[nl:Belisario Domínguez]]