Juan Enrique Ibarra Pedroza (b. August 16, 1952 in Tototlán

Tototlán

Tototlán is a town and municipality in Jalisco in central-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 292.85 km². Notable people from Tototlán, Jalisco: Omar Esparza , Javier Hernandez Gutierrez .As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 19,710....

, Jalisco

Jalisco

Jalisco officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Jalisco is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is located in Western Mexico and divided in 125 municipalities and its capital city is Guadalajara.It is one of the more important states...

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Mexico

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 politician who in 2006 ran as the Party of the Democratic Revolution

Party of the Democratic Revolution

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 (PRD) candidate to the 2006 Jalisco gubernatorial election

Jalisco state election, 2006

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Ibarra holds a bachelor's degree

Bachelor's degree

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 in law

Law

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 from the Universidad de Guadalajara (UdeG). He was an active member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party

Institutional Revolutionary Party

The Institutional Revolutionary Party is a Mexican political party that held power in the country—under a succession of names—for more than 70 years. The PRI is a member of the Socialist International, as is the rival Party of the Democratic Revolution , making Mexico one of the few...

 (PRI) in his native Jalisco; he served as local deputy in the Congress of Jalisco

Congress of Jalisco

The Congress of the State of Jalisco is the legislative branch of the government of the State of Jalisco. The Congress is the governmental deliberative body of Jalisco, which is equal to, and independent of, the executive....

 from 1983 to 1986 and from 1992 to 1995. He also served in the Chamber of Deputies of Mexico

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On November 2005 he resigned to the PRI because he wanted to run for governor since 1996 so he changed to the PRD and they make him the PRD candidate in Jalisco. He lost the election in third place against the PAN

National Action Party (Mexico)

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candidate.