Alonso Lujambio
Mexican politician
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Alonso José Ricardo Lujambio Irazábal[3] (2 September 1962 – 25 September 2012) was a Mexican academic and politician who served as Secretary of Public Education in the cabinet of President Felipe Calderón.[1]
Alonso Lujambio | |
|---|---|
At the Mexican Senate (2008). | |
| Secretary of Public Education | |
| In office 6 April 2009[1] – 16 March 2012[2] | |
| President | Felipe Calderón |
| Preceded by | Josefina Vázquez Mota |
| Succeeded by | José Ángel Córdova Villalobos[2] |
| Senator of the Senate of Mexico | |
| In office 29 August 2012 – 25 September 2012 (died in office) | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 September 1962[1] |
| Died | 25 September 2012 (aged 50) |
| Party | National Action[3] |
| Alma mater | Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, Yale University[1] |
| Occupation | Academic and politician |
Lujambio served as member of the General Council of the Federal Electoral Institute (IFE), as advisor to the United Nations, and as an academic at the Ibero-American University, the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and the Autonomous Institute of Technology of Mexico (ITAM), where he chaired the undergraduate program in Political Science.[4]
On 11 November 2011, Lujambio was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, following a hospitalization for acute renal failure.
On 29 August 2012, Lujambio took protest as Senator, at which he was assisted in a wheelchair.[5]
On 25 September 2012, Senator Alonso Lujambio died after complications from cancer.[6][7]
