Olegario Molina
Olegario Molina Solís | |
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Olegario Molina in 1909 | |
| Secretary of development, colonization and industry | |
| In office 21 March 1907 – 24 March 1911 | |
| President | Porfirio Díaz |
| Preceded by | Blas Escontría y Bustamante |
| Succeeded by | Manuel Marroquín y Rivera |
| Governor of Yucatán | |
| In office 1 February 1902 – 27 March 1907 | |
| Preceded by | Francisco Cantón Rosado |
| Succeeded by | Enrique Muñoz Arístegui |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 6, 1843 |
| Died | April 28, 1925 (aged 82) |
| Spouse |
Dolores Figueroa y Milán
(m. 1866; died 1914) |
| Children | 6 |
Olegario Molina Solís (6 March 1843 – 28 April 1925) was a Mexican lawyer, businessman and politician who served as the governor of Yucatán from 1902 to 1907 and the secretary of development, colonization and industry in the government of Porfirio Díaz from 1907 to 1911. He was also a member of the Chamber of Deputies in two terms.
Born in Bolonchén, in what is now the state of Campeche, Molina and his family moved to Hecelchakán in the state of Yucatán in his youth. He studied law, becoming a lawyer. He was elected unopposed as the governor of the state in 1901, being reelected in 1906. During his governorship, he implemented many sanitary reforms and began bringing the Maya population into the state's education system. Molina also developed the state's henequen industry, being a member of the state's henequen oligarchy.
In 1907, Molina was appointed as the secretary of development by President Díaz. In this role, he made a failed attempt to regulate the country's mining sector, and supported the forced deportations of Sonora's Yaqui population to perform forced labor in Yucatán. He resigned during the Mexican Revolution in 1911, going into exile in Cuba later in the decade. He died in the 1920s, having never returned to Mexico.