Miguel Barbosa Huerta

Luis Miguel Gerónimo Barbosa Huerta KBE (born 30 September 1959) is a Mexican politician affiliated with MORENA [2] and current Governor of Puebla. He was a senator of the LXII and LXIII Legislatures of the Mexican Congress, and he also served as a federal deputy between 2000 and 2003.[3] He was a candidate for the governorship of Puebla for the coalition Juntos Haremos Historia - formed by Morena, the Labor Party (PT) and the Social Encounter Party (PES) - for the state elections of 2018 and the extraordinary elections of 2019.[4]

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Barbosa and the second or maternal family name is Huerta.
Miguel Barbosa Huerta
Barbosa in 2019
Governor of Puebla
Assumed office
1 August 2019
Preceded byGuillermo Pacheco Pulido
President of the Senate of Mexico
In office
1 September 2014 – 31 August 2015
Preceded byRaúl Cervantes Andrade
Succeeded byRoberto Gil Zuarth
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
from Puebla
In office
1 September 2000 – 31 August 2003
Constituency4th electoral region
Personal details
Born
Luis Miguel Gerónimo Barbosa Huerta

(1959-09-30) 30 September 1959
Tehuacán, Puebla, Mexico
Political party National Regeneration Movement (2017- )[1]
Party of the Democratic Revolution (1994-2017)
Institutional Revolutionary Party (1977-1994)
OccupationLawyer

Controversies

On January 8, 2020, Arias Consultores released a poll that describes the best and worst governors. Miguel Barbosa Huerta was declared the worst.[5]

On March 24, 2020, Governor Barbosa claimed that only the wealthy were at risk of COVID-19, since the poor are immune.[6]

References
  1. http://www.lajornadadeoriente.com.mx/2017/04/24/anuncia-miguel-barbosa-afiliacion-morena/
  2. "¿Quién es Miguel Barbosa Huerta?". El Universal México (in Spanish). 2019-01-04. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  3. "Perfil del legislador". Legislative Information System. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
  4. "Se registra Miguel Barbosa como precandidato de Morena al gobierno de Puebla". 30 January 2018. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  5. "Los peores y mejores gobernadores" [The worst and best governors]. La Jornada (in Spanish). January 8, 2020.
  6. "Mexican governor says poor are 'immune' to coronavirus". ABC News. Associated Press. 26 March 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2020.


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