José Guadalupe Cervantes | |
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Governor of Zacatecas | |
In office 12 September 1980 – 11 September 1986 | |
Preceded by | Fernando Pámanes Escobedo |
Succeeded by | Genaro Borrego Estrada |
President of the Chamber of Deputies | |
In office 1 November 1963 – 30 November 1963 | |
Preceded by | Salvador González Lobo |
Succeeded by | Joaquín Gamboa Pascoe |
Member of the
Chamber of Deputies for Zacatecas′s 3rd district | |
In office 1 September 1961 – 31 August 1964 | |
Preceded by | Hugo Romero Macías |
Succeeded by | José Muro Saldívar |
Personal details | |
Born | Teúl de González Ortega, Zacatecas | 24 May 1924
Died | 13 March 2013 | (aged 88)
Political party | PRI (until 2004) |
José Guadalupe Cervantes Corona (May 24, 1924 – March 13, 2013) was a Mexican politician and academic. He served as the Governor of Zacatecas from 1980 to 1986. [1] [2]
Cervantes was born in the municipality of Teúl de González Ortega, Zacatecas, in 1924. [2] [3]
Cervantes became Zacatecan state Director of Education in 1950 when he was only 26 years old. [2] He next served as an official within the administration of Zacatecan Governor Francisco E. García from 1956 to 1962. [2] Cervantes would later be elected to the state Chamber of Deputies and then as a federal deputy in the Chamber of Deputies. [1] Cervantes then held a seat in the Senate of the Republic from 1976 until 1980. [1]
A member of the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), was elected Governor of the Mexican state of Zacatecas in 1980 with the support of Mexican President José López Portillo. [1] He served as Governor for one term, ending in 1986. Cervantes was a strong proponent of infrastructure and urban development projects during his tenure. [2] He supported and launched a new gas pipeline connecting neighboring Aguascalientes to Zacateca's second largest city, Fresnillo. [2] He sought to attract new investors and businesses to the cities of Guadalupe and Calera de Víctor Rosales. [2] He was the first Zacatecan Governor to propose a new industrial corridor extending from Ojocaliente to Fresnillo. [2] Cervantes hoped that the new projects would boost jobs and economic growth in the state. [2]
He largely stayed out of local politics until the early 2000s. [1] In 2004, Cervantes publicly renounced his membership in the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) and left the party. [1] He endorsed gubernatorial candidate Amalia García of the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) in the 2004 Zacatecan election. [1] Garcia's father had served in Cervantes cabinet during his tenure as governor. [2] Amalia Garcia won the 2004 election over the PRI candidate and was elected governor. [1]
Cervantes again criticized the PRI in 2010 over a potential political alliance between the PRI and the Labor Party, which he opposed. [2] However, the proposed alliance never came to fruition. [2]
Cervantes died at home from heart failure on March 13, 2013, at the age of 88. [1] [2] A public viewing was held at the Sixtina de Funerales Hernández chapel in the city of Zacatecas, Zacatecas. [1]