Carmen Romero Rubio

Carmen Romero Rubio

Carmen Romero Rubio y Castelló (born January 20, 1864 in Tula , Tamaulipas , † June 25, 1944 in Mexico City ) was the second wife of the Mexican President Porfirio Díaz .

Carmen Romero Rubio came from a very wealthy and respected family of Catalan descent. Her father, General Manuel Romero Rubio (1828–1895), was a supporter and foreign minister of President Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada , and from 1884 to 1895 Mexico's interior minister in the cabinet of the government of Porfirio Díaz.

She became known in 1881 through her marriage to the Mexican President Porfirio Díaz , who she met during a visit to the American Embassy in Mexico City. At the time of the wedding she was 17 years old, Díaz a widower of 51 years. Because of her refinement, but above all because of her influence on the political decisions of her husband, who valued her judgment, she was extremely popular with the Mexican people. Above all, it promoted his reconciliation with the liberal Lerdists and with the Catholics.

Politically significant is her influence on Díaz with regard to the church question. As a deeply religious Catholic, she succeeded in bringing the secular state closer to the Catholic Church.

The marriage was promoted by Manuel Romero Rubio , who wanted in this way to strengthen the relationship between Díaz and the conservatives such as the former supporters of Lerdo. As a result, Díaz relied even more on the bourgeoisie, which secured and consolidated peace in the country and his rule. The marriage thus coincides with the beginning of the second phase of Díaz's rule. His power base was the aristocracy, to which he adapted more and more in behavior and leadership style.

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• http://www.mailxmail.com/curso/vida/laconstitucion/capitulo12.htm
• Mares, Roberto: Porfirio Díaz. 2nd edition Mexico City 2006. ISBN 970-666-703-2