Patricio Chirinos Calero
Patricio Chirinos Calero | |
|---|---|
| Governor of Veracruz | |
| In office 1 December 1992 – 30 November 1998 | |
| Preceded by | Dante Delgado Rannauro |
| Succeeded by | Miguel Alemán Velasco |
| Secretary of Urban Development and Ecology | |
| In office 1988–1992 | |
| Preceded by | Gabino Fraga Mouret |
| Succeeded by | Luis Donaldo Colosio Murrieta |
| Federal deputy for Veracruz's 4th | |
| In office 1973–1976 | |
| Preceded by | Mario Malpica Bernabé[1] |
| Succeeded by | Manuel Gutiérrez Zamora Zamudio[2] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 July 1937 Pánuco, Veracruz, Mexico |
| Party | PRI |
| Alma mater | UNAM |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Economist |
Patricio Chirinos Calero[a] (born 27 July 1937) is a Mexican politician affliliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He has served in Congress and in the federal cabinet and was governor of Veracruz from 1992 to 1998.
Life and career
Patricio Chirinos Calero was born in Pánuco, Veracruz, on 27 July 1937.[b] He joined the PRI in 1962 and earned a degree in economics from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in 1964 with a thesis titled "Economic Development and Social Change". He later taught at the UNAM's School for Foreigners (CEPE).[5]
In the 1973 mid-terms, he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies to represent Veracruz's 4th district.[6] In 1988, incoming president Carlos Salinas de Gortari selected him to serve as secretary of urban development and ecology in his cabinet.[5]
On 2 August 1992, representing the PRI, he won the Veracruz gubernatorial election with a 74% share of the popular vote, defeating Heberto Castillo of the newly formed Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD).[7] He served a six-year term as governor from 1 December 1992 to 30 November 1998.[8][5]
After the end of his term as governor, Chirinos withdrew from public life.[9]
Family
Chirinos's parents were Antonio Chirinos Gea, who served several terms as municipal president of Pánuco, and Catalina Calero Valdez. He has been married twice.[5]
Notes
References
- ↑ "Legislatura 48" (PDF). Biblioteca Virtual (in Spanish). Cámara de Diputados. Retrieved 23 June 2026.
- ↑ "Legislatura 50" (PDF). Biblioteca Virtual (in Spanish). Cámara de Diputados. Retrieved 23 June 2026.
- ↑ "Chirinos gobernó Veracruz siendo potosino; Yunes fue su cómplice". Crónica Veracruz (in Spanish). 16 April 2024.
- ↑ "Veracruz ya tuvo un gobernador no nacido en el estado, ¿sabes quién es?". Diario del Istmo (in Spanish). 4 August 2022.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Camp, Roderic Ai (2011). Mexican Political Biographies, 1935–2009 (4th ed.). University of Texas Press. p. 209. ISBN 9780292726345.
- ↑ "Legislatura 49" (PDF). Biblioteca Virtual (in Spanish). Cámara de Diputados. Retrieved 23 June 2026.
- ↑ Ruiz Pérez, Andrés (November 2008). "Monografía política del Estado de Veracruz (1980–2008)" (PDF). El Colegio de México (in Spanish).
- ↑ "Patricio Chirinos Calero" (PDF) (in Spanish). Gobierno de Veracruz. Retrieved 23 June 2026.
- ↑ "Representa un caso atípico de la política mexicana… y llegó a 88". Crónica del Poder. 27 July 2025.