Ignacio Pichardo Pagaza
Mexican politician (1935–2020)
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José Ignacio Pichardo Pagaza (13 November 1935 – 14 April 2020) was a Mexican politician who served as governor of the State of Mexico from 1989 to 1993.[1]
Ignacio Pichardo Pagaza | |
|---|---|
| 35th President of the Institutional Revolutionary Party | |
| In office 13 May 1994 – 3 December 1994 | |
| Preceded by | Fernando Ortiz Arana |
| Succeeded by | María de los Ángeles Moreno |
| Governor of the State of Mexico | |
| In office 11 September 1989 – 15 September 1993 | |
| Preceded by | Mario Ramón Beteta |
| Succeeded by | Emilio Chuayffet |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 November 1935 |
| Died | 14 April 2020 (aged 84) |
| Party | Institutional Revolutionary |
Life
Pichardo Pagaza was born in Toluca, State of Mexico, in 1935. In the 1979 mid-terms he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies to represent the State of Mexico's 27th district.[2]
He later served in the Cabinet of President Miguel de la Madrid as general comptroller (1987–1988) and in the cabinet of President Ernesto Zedillo as Secretary of Energy. He was a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) and served as its president in 1994. He later served as Ambassador to Spain and the Netherlands.[3]
He was the father of politician José Ignacio Pichardo Lechuga and of Alfonso Pichardo, lead singer of Mexican electronica group Moenia. And he is a nephew of Juan Josafat Pichardo Cruz, who was the first Rector or the Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México UAEM.
He died on 14 April 2020, aged 84.[3]
