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Sodi
Political family
Current regionMexico City
Place of originItalian Mexican Community, Spanish Mexican Community — Italy (Tuscany), Spain, Mexico (Oaxaca)
Founded19th century
FounderCarlos Sodi Bartoloni
MembersDemetrio Sodi Guergué
Thalía
Connected familiesPallares

The Sodi family is a Mexican political family that is prominent in Mexican politics, law, art, and entertainment. The progenitor of the family, Carlos Sodi, emigrated from Florence to the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca in the 19th century. The family was a part of the Oaxacan liberal elite during the Porfiriato, owning numerous estates and large tracts of land. Strong allies to the regime, several members of the family occupied important political positions in the government of General Porfirio Díaz.

History

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The Sodi family originates from the city of Florence, in the region of Tuscany, and its immigrant ancestor, the Italian engineer and lieutenant colonel Carlos Sodi (born 1805), was part of the Italian contingent that settled in Oaxaca during the 19th century.[1]: 250  His second-born son, Carlos Sodi Candiani, married Dolores Guergué Antuñana y del Solar Campero, granddaughter of former Oaxacan governor José Joaquín Guergué, and whose family of Criollo origin had belonged to the local aristocracy since around 1700.[2]: 67  In 1882, he occupied a seat for the first time as Senator of the Mexican Republic in the XI Legislature of the Mexican Congress, a post he would hold at least ten times during the dictatorship, representing the states of Oaxaca and Michoacán.[2]: 68  Demetrio Sodi Guergué, son of the latter, in continuation of his family's close ties to the Porfirian regime, was promoted to Minister of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation in 1906, a position he would occupy until 1914. During this period, he came to occupy the Presidency of the Court on two separate occasions. In 1911, he was integrated into the Presidential Cabinet as Secretary of Justice.[2]: 70 

By the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the family owned large tracts of land in the state. The Sodi Candiani brothers, Carlos and Demetrio, were the owners of Hacienda Concepción and Hacienda Candiani and its annex, La Compañía.[3][4] The latter was dedicated to the production of sugar cane and had a land surface of 328-50-23 hectares.[5] Alfredo Sodi was the owner of Hacienda San Luis Beltrán, which had a land surface of 1,765-71-58 hectares.[5] The family was also a shareholder in La Natividad mine, the most productive and technologically advanced in the state by 1906, which employed 450 workers, with Demetrio Sodi having sat on the board of directors.[1]: 195–196 

Notable members

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  • Demetrio Sodi Candiani (1837–1904), lawyer and landowner, co-owner of Hacienda Candiani and Hacienda Concepción alongside his brother, Carlos.[6]
  • Carlos Sodi Candiani (1838–1909), lawyer, politician, and landowner, who served as Senator of the Mexican Republic for the states of Oaxaca from 1882–1884 and Michoacán for approximately 25 years.[3]
    • Demetrio Sodi Guergué (1866–1934), journalist, jurist, and politician, who served as president of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation from 1908–1910 and as Secretary of Justice from March–May 1911.[7]
    • Federico Sodi Romero (1890–1969), criminal lawyer, novelist, and playwright; half-brother of Demetrio.[15]
      • Margarita Sodi Serret, lawyer, fifth woman to ever graduate from Escuela Libre de Derecho.[16]
      • Federico Sodi Serret (1936–2010), lawyer.
      • Carlos Sodi Serret (1938–2019), civil, commercial, and family litigation lawyer, journalist, and professor emeritus at Escuela Libre de Derecho.
        • Jorge Sodi Patiño (born 1966), civil and commercial litigation lawyer and professor at Escuela Libre de Derecho.[17]
    • María Sodi Romero (1895–1985), screen printer; wife of Alfredo Ramos Martinez.[18]
    • Consuelo Sodi Romero, mother of Carlos.
      • Carlos Franco Sodi (1904–1961), lawyer, professor, and jurist, who served as Minister of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation and as Attorney General of Mexico from 1952–1956.[2]: 74 
        • Manuel Sodi del Valle, politician, who served as a federal deputy during the XL Legislature of the Congress of the Union; nephew of Carlos.[2]: 74 
        • Alberto Sodi del Valle, politician, who served as a deputy to the Congress of Oaxaca; nephew of Carlos.[2]: 74 
  • Alfredo Sodi, landowner, owner of Hacienda San Luis Beltrán; cousin of Carlos and godfather of Gustavo Díaz Ordaz.[2]: 71 

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Chassen de López, Francie R. (2004). From Liberal to Revolutionary Oaxaca: The View from the South, Mexico 1867–1911. Penn State University Press. pp. 195–196, 250.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Rodríguez, Esteban David (2005). Derecho de sangre: historias familiares de herencia del poder público en México (in Spanish). Grijalbo. ISBN 968-5957-44-4.
  3. ^ a b "Carlos Sodi a 5 de octubre de 1853". Repositorio Digital FAHHO (in Spanish). 1853-10-05.
  4. ^ Cochran, John C. (1886). The haciendas of Mexico: a list of plantations and principal farms in the Republic of Mexico together with the names and post-office addresses of their owners. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Library. New York : Root & Tinker. p. 213.
  5. ^ a b García Jiménez, Selene del Carmen; Yáñez García, Juan Manuel (2020). García, Manuel (ed.). Los lenguajes de la historia. Oaxaca: siglos XVII-XX (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Oaxaca, Mexico. pp. 225–226. ISBN 978-607-9061-87-6.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  6. ^ "Demetrio Sodi a 20 de julio de 1853". Repositorio Digital FAHHO (in Spanish). 1853-07-20.
  7. ^ "Demetrio Sodi Guergué Antuñana" (PDF). Casa de la Cultura Oaxaqueña. Indelebles (in Spanish) (40). 2018.
  8. ^ Álvarez de Vicencio, María Elena (2008). Camino a la Equidad. La mujer como factor primordial de la sociedad mexicana (in Spanish) (2nd ed.). Consejo Editorial de la Cámara de Diputados. p. 75. ISBN 978-968-5565-03-5.
  9. ^ Castellanos, A. (1988). "Demetrio sodi-pallares: The man and his thought". Clinical Cardiology. 11 (6): 434–436. doi:10.1002/clc.4960110616. PMID 3293862. S2CID 37301221.
  10. ^ "Recordando al maestro Demetrio Sodi Pallares". Archivos de cardiología de México (in Spanish). 73 (4): 314–315. 2003. ISSN 1405-9940.
  11. ^ Harrington, James P. (2000). Who's Who in Plastics Polymers, First Edition. CRC Press. p. 506.
  12. ^ Lipsky-Karasz, Elisa (2014-10-02). "Casa Wabi: Bosco Sodi's Arts Foundation". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2022-09-07.
  13. ^ Straaten, Laura van (2022-04-26). "Can a New Art Space Refresh a Tired Downtown?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
  14. ^ Hurtado, Guillermo; Sanchez, Robert Eli Jr. (2020), "Philosophy in Mexico", in Zalta, Edward N. (ed.), The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Winter 2020 ed.), Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University, retrieved 2022-10-09
  15. ^ Sodi Romero, Federico; Barrios Gomez, Agustín (1971). El jurado resuelve: memorias (in Spanish) (2nd ed.). Mexico: Ediciones Oasis, S.A. pp. 8–11.
  16. ^ "III El paso de las mujeres por la Libre. Listado de Mujeres Egresadas.". Redescubriendo nuestra historia (PDF) (in Spanish). Mexico City: Escuela Libre de Derecho. 2023. ISBN 978-607-99897-7-4.
  17. ^ "New Mexican Class Action Law | Events | Foley & Lardner LLP". www.foley.com. Retrieved 2022-09-04.
  18. ^ "Uncovering the Legacy of María Sodi de Ramos Martínez". East of Borneo. Retrieved 2023-02-03.
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