Carlos Jonguitud Barrios

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Carlos Jongitud Barrios (November 4, 1924 – November 22, 2011

Mexican union leader[2][3] and governor of San Luis Potosí (1979–1985). For decades he was generally portrayed by the Mexican press as a gangsterish, de facto leader of the national teachers' union (in Spanish
: Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de la Educación, SNTE).

Jongitud Barrios was born at

Coxcatlán, San Luis Potosí, the son of Atanasio Jongitud Álvarez, a farmer. His mother was an elementary school teacher. He graduated as an elementary school teacher from the Escuela Normal in Ozuluama, Veracruz, and received a bachelor's degree in law from the National Autonomous University of Mexico
.

Jongitud joined the

(ISSSTE) from 1976 until 1979.

References

  1. ^ "Jonguitud Barrios, fundador de Vanguardia Revolucionaria - El Universal - Nación". El Universal. Retrieved 2011-11-23.
  2. . Retrieved 31 May 2011.
  3. . Retrieved 31 May 2011.
  • Diccionario biográfico del gobierno mexicano, Ed. Fondo de Cultura Económica, Mexico, 1992.