Federico Döring Casar is a Mexican

Mexico

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 conservative politician from Mexico City

Mexico City

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 affiliated to the National Action Party

National Action Party (Mexico)

The National Action Party , is one of the three main political parties in Mexico. The party's political platform is generally considered Centre-Right in the Mexican political spectrum. Since 2000, the President of Mexico has been a member of this party; both houses have PAN pluralities, but the...

 (PAN) who currently serves in the upper house of the Mexican Congress

Congress of Mexico

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Education

Döring received a bachelor's degree

Bachelor's degree

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 in administration from the ITAM

Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México

The Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México , commonly known as ITAM, is a private Ph.D.-granting research university located in Mexico City, Mexico...

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Political career

Döring served in the Legislative Assembly of the Federal District

Legislative Assembly of the Federal District

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 and then he served in the Chamber of Deputies

Chamber of Deputies of Mexico

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 during the LIX Legislature

LIX Legislature of the Mexican Congress

The LIX Legislature of the Congress of Mexico met from September 2003 to August 2006. All members of the lower house of the Congress were elected in the elections of July 2003 while members of the upper house were elected in the elections of July 2000.-Chamber of Deputies:-Senate of...

, representing the Federal District's 15th District

Fifteenth Federal Electoral District of the Federal District

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. In the general election

Mexican general election, 2006

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 of 2 July 2006 he was elected to the Senate

Senate of Mexico

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 for the PAN, representing the Federal District.

Videoscandals

In 2004 he delivered to Víctor Trujillo

Víctor Trujillo

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, a Mexican television presenter, a video that was played on Trujillo's news program in which René Bejarano

René Bejarano

René Juvenal Bejarano Martínez is a Mexican politician and ex-legislator, better known for the 2004 videoscandals.He was a political economy professor at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana in 1978 and was the first coordinator for the Movimiento Sindical de Trabajadores de la Educación in...

, previously Andrés Manuel López Obrador

Andrés Manuel López Obrador

Andrés Manuel López Obrador , also known as AMLO or El Peje, is a Mexican politician who held the position of Head of Government of the Federal District from 2000 to 2005, before resigning in July 2005 to contend the 2006 presidential election, representing the unsuccessful Coalition for the Good...

's personal secretary, was videotaped accepting USD $45,000 in cash. (See main article videoscandals

Videoscandals

The Videoscandals were political scandals in Mexico in 2004 when videos of prominent politicians taken with hidden cameras were made public...

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External links

• "Senador Federico Döring Casar." Senate of Mexico
  Senate of Mexico
  The Senate of the Republic, constitutionally Chamber of Senators of the Honorable Congress of the Union After a series of reforms during the 1990s, it is now made up of 128 senators:...