Óscar Levín Coppel

Óscar Levín Coppel
Born(1948-09-04)4 September 1948
Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico
Died1 July 2026(2026-07-01) (aged 77)
Mexico City, Mexico
OccupationPolitician
Political party
PRI

Óscar Guillermo Levín Coppel[a] (4 September 1948 – 1 July 2026) was a Mexican economist, educator and politician from the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).

Early life and education

Levín Coppel was a native of Mazatlán, Sinaloa. In 1970 he earned a degree in economics from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), where he later taught.[1]

Career

Levín Coppel taught at his alma mater, National Autonomous University of Mexico.[1][2]

He was elected to the Chamber of Deputies on three occasions: in the 1994 general election, for the Federal District's 23rd congressional district;[3] in the 2000 general election, as a plurinominal deputy for the fourth electoral region;[4] and in the 2009 mid-terms, as a plurinominal deputy for the first region.[1]

Levín Coppel also served in the Legislative Assembly of the Federal District from 1997 to 2000 and as borough chief of both Gustavo A. Madero (1992–1993) and Álvaro Obregón (1993–1994).[2][1] In 2006, President Felipe Calderón appointed him director of the Casa de Moneda de México, the national mint, where he remained until 2009.[5]

Personal life and demise

Levín Coppel died in Mexico City on 1 July 2026, at age 77.[2][5]

Notes

  1. ↑ In this Mexican name, the surname is Levín and the second or maternal family name is Coppel.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Perfil: Dip. Óscar Guillermo Levín Coppel, LXI Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 Álvarez, Carlos (1 July 2026). "Óscar Levín Coppel, economista y político sinaloense, muere a los 77 años" [Óscar Levín Coppel, economist and politician from Sinaloa, dies at 77.]. Noroeste.com.mx (in Mexican Spanish).
  3. ↑ "Legislatura 56" (PDF). Biblioteca Virtual. Cámara de Diputados. Retrieved 13 February 2026.
  4. ↑ "Legislatura 58" (PDF). Biblioteca Virtual. Cámara de Diputados. Retrieved 13 February 2026.
  5. 1 2 Chaidez Aispuro, Juan (1 July 2026). "¿Quién fue el político y economista de Sinaloa Óscar Levin Coppel?" [Who was the politician and economist from Sinaloa, Óscar Levin Coppel?]. Debate.com.mx (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 2026-07-07.
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