Fernando Ortiz Arana
Mexican politician
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Fernando Ortiz Arana (born 26 October 1944)[1] is a Mexican politician and long serving legislator affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).
Fernando Ortiz Arana | |
|---|---|
| Senator for Querétaro | |
| In office 1 November 1994 – 31 August 2000 | |
| Preceded by | Ernesto Luque Feregrino |
| Succeeded by | Francisco Fernández de Cevallos |
| 34th President of the Institutional Revolutionary Party | |
| In office 30 March 1993 – 13 March 1994 | |
| Preceded by | Genaro Borrego Estrada |
| Succeeded by | Ignacio Pichardo Pagaza |
| President of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 1 November 1991 – 30 November 1991 | |
| Preceded by | Sami David David |
| Succeeded by | Rigoberto Ochoa Zaragoza |
| In office 1 December 1985 – 31 August 1986 | |
| Preceded by | Blas Chumacero |
| Succeeded by | Nicolás Reynés Berazaluce |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies for Querétaro's 1st district | |
| In office 1 November 1991 – 14 April 1993 | |
| Preceded by | Ma. Elena Martínez Carranza |
| Succeeded by | José D. Olvera Cervantes |
| In office 1 September 1979 – 31 August 1982 | |
| Preceded by | Eduardo D. Ugalde Vargas |
| Succeeded by | Angélica Paulín Posada |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies for the Federal District's 31st district | |
| In office 1 September 1985 – 31 August 1988 | |
| Preceded by | Ma. Luisa Calzada de Campos |
| Succeeded by | José Luis Alfonso Sampayo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 October 1944 |
| Party | PRI |
Born in Santiago de Querétaro, Ortiz Arana is the son of José Ortiz Antañana, a real estate agent, and Virginia Arana Morán. He graduated from the Autonomous University of Querétaro in 1967 with a bachelor's degree in law.
He joined the Institutional Revolutionary Party in 1963 and chaired it in the late 1990s. He has also served three terms as a federal congressman, as the President of the Chamber of Deputies in 1991,[2] one term as a senator and has run unsuccessfully for governor in 1997 against his brother José and then against Ignacio Loyola Vera.[3] He ran again in 2003.[4]
In the mid-90s Ortiz Arana and three other members of the PRI party were called "The Fantastic Four", dominating the political landscape of Querétaro.[5]
