Guillermo Zúñiga Martínez
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Guillermo Héctor Zúñiga Martínez (b. December 18, 1942 in Jalapa, Veracruz
) is a Mexican
politician and member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party
(PRI) who served in the Mexican House of Representatives
.
of history and civics at the Hidalgo junior high school, Erasmo Castilian Fifth high school, at Sefaradi and at the INJUVE.
After finishing his law degree at the UNAM, he worked as a consulting lawyer in the Directorate of Legal Subjects of the Secretariat of Government, as a consulting lawyer in the Directorate of Legal Affairs of the Mexican Presidency and as the General Director of Education of the Education Ministry. He updated the Law of Educación, and created the Centers of Higher Studies of Rural Education, the Veracruzana Pedagogical University and the Institute of Pedagogical Normalization.
Zúñiga worked as the Director of Popular Education and Director of the Computer Science at the Secretariat of Organization, Manager of the Department de Information Analysis of the Under-secretary for Connection of Information. He served as Director of SEP in the districts of the northern zone of Mexico.
He was appointed as the Minister of Education and Culture of Veracruz with Governor Fernando Gutierrez Barrios, and resigned to run for Major of Xalapa, the State's capital. He was elected municipal president
of Xalapa. He further continued his political career by serving as a local and federal congressman. While in the local Congress, Zúñiga was the speaker of the congress, and president of the legislative branch of government in Veracruz.
Zúñiga has also been President of the PRI's CDE, and was in charge of the Ministry of Education and Culture for a second time with Governor Patricio Chirinos.
He managed the campaigns of Presidential Candidate Roberto Madrazo in Veracruz, and the Governor campaign of Fidel Herrera. Governor Herrera recently appointed him as General Director of the Advanced Education Institute of Veracruz.
Veracruz
Veracruz, formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave , is one of the 31 states that, along with the Federal District, comprise the 32 federative entities of Mexico. It is divided in 212 municipalities and its capital city is...
) is a Mexican
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
politician and 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) who served in the Mexican House of Representatives
Chamber of Deputies of Mexico
The Chamber of Deputies is the lower house of the Congress of the Union, Mexico's bicameral legislature. The structure and responsibilities of both chambers of Congress are defined in Articles 50 to 70 of the current constitution.-Composition:The Chamber of Deputies is composed of one federal...
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Professional career
Zúñiga founded and was the first President of the oratory institute "Belisario Domínguez" in his native Veracruz. He worked as a professorProfessor
A professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...
of history and civics at the Hidalgo junior high school, Erasmo Castilian Fifth high school, at Sefaradi and at the INJUVE.
After finishing his law degree at the UNAM, he worked as a consulting lawyer in the Directorate of Legal Subjects of the Secretariat of Government, as a consulting lawyer in the Directorate of Legal Affairs of the Mexican Presidency and as the General Director of Education of the Education Ministry. He updated the Law of Educación, and created the Centers of Higher Studies of Rural Education, the Veracruzana Pedagogical University and the Institute of Pedagogical Normalization.
Zúñiga worked as the Director of Popular Education and Director of the Computer Science at the Secretariat of Organization, Manager of the Department de Information Analysis of the Under-secretary for Connection of Information. He served as Director of SEP in the districts of the northern zone of Mexico.
He was appointed as the Minister of Education and Culture of Veracruz with Governor Fernando Gutierrez Barrios, and resigned to run for Major of Xalapa, the State's capital. He was elected municipal president
Municipal president
A presidente municipal is the chief of government of municipios in Mexico. The position is comparable to the county executive of a county in the United States or to the mayor of a city in the United States, although the jurisdiction of a presidente municipal includes not only a city but the...
of Xalapa. He further continued his political career by serving as a local and federal congressman. While in the local Congress, Zúñiga was the speaker of the congress, and president of the legislative branch of government in Veracruz.
Zúñiga has also been President of the PRI's CDE, and was in charge of the Ministry of Education and Culture for a second time with Governor Patricio Chirinos.
He managed the campaigns of Presidential Candidate Roberto Madrazo in Veracruz, and the Governor campaign of Fidel Herrera. Governor Herrera recently appointed him as General Director of the Advanced Education Institute of Veracruz.