Víctor Manzanilla Schaffer

Víctor Manzanilla Schaffer (13 November 1924 – 7 April 2019) was a Mexican politician and diplomat who served as Governor of the state of Yucatán. He was a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Manzanilla and the second or maternal family name is Schaffer.

Víctor Manzanilla Schaffer
Governor of Yucatan
In office 1 February 1988 – 14 February 1991
Preceded by	Víctor Cervera Pacheco
Succeeded by	Dulce María Sauri Riancho
President of the Chamber of Deputies
In office 1 November 1977 – 30 November 1977
Preceded by	Martha Andrade de Del Rosal
Succeeded by	Guillermo Cosío Vidaurri
In office 1 September 1967 – 30 September 1967
Preceded by	Alejandro Carrillo Marcor
Succeeded by	Edgar Robledo Santiago
Member of the Chamber of Deputies for Yucatán′s 3rd district
In office 1 September 1976 – 31 August 1979
Preceded by	Efraín Ceballos Gutiérrez
Succeeded by	Jorge Jure Cejín
In office 1 September 1967 – 31 August 1970
Preceded by	Francisco Luna Kan
Succeeded by	Jorge Carlos González
Personal details
Born	(1924-11-13)13 November 1924 Mexico City, Mexico
Died	7 April 2019(2019-04-07) (aged 94) Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico
Nationality	Mexican
Political party	Institutional Revolutionary Party

Early life and education

Manzanilla Schaffer was the son of a revolutionary politician in Yucatán, the founder of the Anti-Reelection Party and a congressman.[1] He earned an undergraduate degree from the School of Law of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, a master's degree in sociology from The New School for Social Research in New York, and a doctorate in law.[2]

Career

He served as a legal assistant in the United Nations division of narcotics, as Mexico's ambassador to China and its first to North Korea, and for two terms as a member of the Senate and one as a member of the Chamber of Deputies.[1][2][3][4] He exerted unusual independence as a congressman, on one occasion voting against President José López Portillo's amendment of Article 27 of the Constitution.[1] Elected to succeed Víctor Cervera Pacheco, he was governor of Yucatán from February 1988 to February 1991, when he resigned three years before his term was to have ended,[2] it is presumed at the urging of Cervera Pacheco and of then-President Carlos Salinas de Gortari.[3][4][5]

Honours

Among other honours Manzanilla Schaffer was awarded the Medalla al Mérito Legislativo, the Knight Commander's Cross of the Grand Cross of Merit of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany,[2] and the Jesús Reyes Heroles prize of the Agrupación Nacional de Egresados del Instituto de Capacitación Política of the PRI.[3]

References

1. Camp, Roderic Ai (2010). The Metamorphosis of Leadership in a Democratic Mexico. Oxford: Oxford University. p. 43. ISBN 9780199742851.
2. "Fallece el exgobernador Víctor Manzanilla Schaffer". El Diario de Yucatán (in Spanish). 8 April 2019.
3. Boffil Gómez, Luis A. (8 April 2019). "Muere Víctor Manzanilla, ex gobernador de Yucatán". La Jornada (in Spanish) – via MSN News.
4. Santana, Rosa (7 April 2019). "Murió el exgobernador de Yucatán, Víctor Manzanilla Schaffer, a los 94 años". Proceso (in Spanish).
5. "Salinas no me engañó, engañó a los mexicanos - Victor Manzanilla". La Revista Peninsular (in Spanish). 14 February 1997. Archived from the original on 24 December 2005.