Ignacio Pichardo Pagaza

Ignacio Pichardo Pagaza (13 November 1935 - 14 April 2020) was a Mexican politician who served as Governor of the State of Mexico.[1]

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Pichardo and the second or maternal family name is Pagaza.
Ignacio Pichardo Pagaza
35th President of the Institutional Revolutionary Party
In office
13 May 1994 – 3 December 1994
Preceded byFernando Ortiz Arana
Succeeded byMaría de los Angeles Moreno
Governor of the State of Mexico
In office
11 September 1989 – 15 September 1993
Preceded byMario Ramón Beteta
Succeeded byEmilio Chuayffet
Personal details
Born(1935-11-13)13 November 1935
Toluca, State of Mexico, Mexico
Died14 April 2020(2020-04-14) (aged 84)
Santa Fe, Mexico City, Mexico
Political partyInstitutional Revolutionary

Early life

Pichardo served in the Cabinet of President Miguel de la Madrid as general comptroller and in the cabinet of President Ernesto Zedillo as Secretary of Energy. He has also served as Mexican Ambassador.

He was a member and former President of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).

He is father of Alfonso Pichardo, lead singer of Mexican electronica group Moenia. And he is a nephew of Juan Josafat Pichardo Cruz, who was the first Rector or the Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México UAEM.

He died on 14 April 2020, aged 84.[2]

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References
  1. Camp, Roderic Ai (1995). Mexican political biographies, 1935-1993 (3rd ed.). University of Texas Press. p. 558.
  2. "Murió Ignacio Pichardo Pagaza, ex gobernador del Estado de México y ex secretario de Energía". Infobae (in Spanish). 2020-04-14. Retrieved 2020-04-23.
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Arturo Hernández Basave		 Mexican Ambassador to the Netherlands
1996—2000		 Succeeded by
Santiago Oñate Laborde


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