Belisario Domínguez

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Belisario Domínguez (b. April 25, 1863 in Comitán, Chiapas – d. October 7, 1913 in Mexico City) was a Mexican physician and liberal politician who served as senator and gave a memorable speech in the Congress against the dictator Victoriano Huerta for which he was murdered.

Domínguez was born to Cleofás 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 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 Medal of Honor Belisario Domínguez is named after him.