MEXICAN PRESIDENT
RESIGNATION RECEIVED f TURBULENT POLITICS SUCCESSOR NOMINATED By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Received September 4, 5.5 p.m.) MEXICO CITY, Sept.. 3 Senor Pascual Ortiz Rubio, -who has been President and head of the Mexican Government sinco February, 1930, sent his resignation to Congress to-day. This brought a turbulent political crisis to a head after three weeks of rumour and uncertainty. 111-health is understood to be the reason for Senor Rubio's retirement, General Abelardo L. Rodriguez has been nominated by Congress to succeed to the Presidency and will' take the oath tomorrow. An attempt to assassinato Senor Rubio was made early in February, ,1930, by Miguel Flores, 22, a student. Senor Rubio was elected in November, 1929, to succeed Senor Portes Gil as President and took office in the following February. Ho is an engineer, and visited Europe to study modern developments, arid has been Minister in Berlin and Ambassador at Rio de Janeiro. Senor Rubio at the presidential election was a candidate of the National Revolutionary Party, and polled 1,424,140 votes. His Communist Workers' Party opponent, Tirana, received /14,800 votes. j
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21279, 5 September 1932, Page 9
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