Luis Maldonado Venegas
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Luis Maldonado Venegas (November 19, 1956 – April 30, 2019)
Life
PRI career
In 1974, Maldonado Venegas joined the Institutional Revolutionary Party and began studying his law degree at the UNAM and Escuela Libre de Derecho.[2] He also began working in the civil service for the undersecretary of labor; in 1977, he began a brief stint as the coordinator of publications and public relations for the Department of the Federal District.[2]
Between 1980 and 1983, he taught at the UNAM; during this time, from 1981 to 1982, he served as the director general of the Historic Center of Mexico City.[2] In 1985, he became the private secretary to the undersecretary of fisheries in the Secretariat of Fisheries (SEPESCA),[2] following it up three years later with a post as deputy coordinator general of the National Nutrition Commission (CONAL).
In 1990, Maldonado began teaching administrative law, which he would do throughout the 1990s; he also briefly taught at the
Between 1996 and 1997, he was the PRI's national secretary of planning and propaganda.
Convergence
In 2000, Maldonado Venegas left the PRI after 26 years and affiliated with the Convergence party. By 2003, he had joined Convergence and represented it as a proportional representation deputy to the LIX Legislature of the Mexican Congress. He was the vice coordinator of the Convergence parliamentary group in the legislature and presided over the Social Communication Commission. He additionally sat on an array of commissions: Budget and Public Accounts, Constitutional Points, Special for State Reform, Special on Permits for Games and Lotteries, Special on Corruption of Public Officials in Morelos, Public Security, and Special for Planning for the Future of Mexico.[2] During this time, he also served as the party's national vice president of strategy and political development, beginning in 2004.[4]
In 2006, Maldonado Venegas became the national president of Convergence for a three-year term and alternate senator to
On February 1, 2011, Maldonado left the Senate, coinciding with the installation of a new government in the state of Puebla,[6] in which Convergence was part of the winning coalition. He served as the state secretary of public education between 2011 and 2013, and as its secretary general of government between 2013 and 2015.[2]
PRD
In 2014, Maldonado Venegas joined the Party of the Democratic Revolution and almost immediately became its national Coordinator of Strategic Connection.[2] In 2015, Maldonado was placed on the PRD's list of proportional representation federal deputies from the fourth region and won a seat in the LXIII Legislature. He presided over the Oversight Commission for the Superior Auditor of the Federation and also sat on those dealing with Urban Development and Land Use, as well as Public Education and Educational Services.[2]
References
- ^ Fallece Luis Maldonado Venegas (in Spanish)
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p SIL Profile: Luis Maldonado Venegas (LXIII Legislature)
- ^ Rosiles Salas, Javier (2012-05-31). "Moreno Valle-TV Azteca: el tandem poblano". SinEmbargo. Retrieved 2016-08-17.
- ^ SIL Profile: Luis Maldonado Venegas (LXI Legislature)
- ^ "Luis Walton, nuevo presidente de Convergencia" [Luis Walton, new president of Convergencia]. El Economista. 2010-01-23. Retrieved 2016-08-17.
- ^ "Deja Luis Maldonado curul en el Senado" [Luis Maldonado leaves Senate seat]. Intolerancia Diario. 2011-01-27. Retrieved 2016-08-17.