Moguel Cal y Mayor, José was born on July 22, 1919 in Cintalapa, Chiapas, Mexico. Cousin of Octavio Cal y Mayor Sauz, federal deputy from Chiapas, 1970-1973. Nephew of General Rafael Cal y Mayor.
Great nephew of General Benigno Cal y Mayor, senator, 1928-1932. Son of Alfonso Moguel Cal y Mayor, career military, and María Cal y Mayor Moguel.
Early education unknown. Graduated as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Artillery, Heroic Military College, 1936-1939. Staff and command diploma, Superior War College, 1947-1950.
Oficial Mayor of the Secretariat of National Defense, 1980-1983. Career Army officer; joined the Army as a 2nd Sergeant, 1934. Served in the 2nd Artillery Regiment, Guadalajara, Jalisco, 1939-1940.
Served in 1st Artillery Regiment, 1940-1941. Attached to the Technical Military Division, Secretariat of National Defense, 1941-1942. Member of the Presidential Staff, 1942.
Officer, 4th 105 Mortars, Sappers Regiment, 1942-1945. Attached to the Chief of Staff, Secretariat of National Defense, 1946. Served in the 4th Artillery Regiment, 1946-1947.
Attached to the 14th Military Zone, Aguascalientes, 1950-1952. Attached to the 23rd Military Zone, Tlaxcala, 1952-1953. Attached to the 13th Military Zone, Tepic, Nayarit, 1953.
Rank of colonel, 1960. Chief of Staff, 26th Military Zone, 1961. Rank of Brigadier General, 1968.
Commander of the Army Garrison, Ciudad Acuña, Coahuila, 1973-1976. Rank of Divisionary General, 1977. Commander of the 3rd Military Zone, 1977-1978.
Director General of Artillery, Secretariat of National Defense, 1978-1979. Director General of Personnel, Secretariat of National Defense, 1979-1980. Director of the Social Security Institute of the Armed Forces, since 1983.
Roman Catholic
Spouse Guadalupe Rodriguez Leo.
