Pedro Joaquín Coldwell

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Pedro Joaquin Coldwell
Jesús Silva Herzog Flores
2nd Governor of Quintana Roo
In office
5 April 1981 – 4 April 1987
Preceded byJesús Martínez Ross
Succeeded byMiguel Borge Martín
Personal details
Born (1950-08-05) 5 August 1950 (age 73)
Mexican
Political partyInstitutional Revolutionary
Alma materUniversidad Iberoamericana
OccupationLawyer
Politician

Pedro Joaquín Coldwell (born August 5, 1950 in Cozumel, Quintana Roo) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).[2]

Personal life and education

Joaquín Coldwell studied law at the Universidad Iberoamericana. He is the son of Nassin Joaquín Ibarra, a businessman from Cozumel. He is of Lebanese[3][4] and English descent. His older sister is Addy Joaquín Coldwell, who is also active in political circles.

Political career

Joaquín Coldwell has occupied different positions within the PRI and in the public service. He has been director general of the Fondo Nacional para el Desarrollo Turístico (FONATUR) and general secretary of his party. From 1979 to 1980, he held a seat in the Chamber of Deputies, representing Quintana Roo's First District. He served as

Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León appointed him Ambassador to Cuba
.

In the

Senate
for the PRI, representing the state of Quintana Roo.

Political offices
Preceded by Secretary of Energy
2012–2018
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Carlos Hank González
Secretary of Tourism

1990–1994
Succeeded by
Preceded by Governor of Quintana Roo
1981–1987
Succeeded by
Assembly seats
Preceded by
Addy Joaquin Coldwell
Senator for Quintana Roo

2006–2012
Succeeded by
TBD
Party political offices
Preceded by President of the Institutional Revolutionary Party
2011
Succeeded by

References

  1. ^ "Coldwell deja la presidencia del PRI para integrarse al gabinete de Peña Nieto" (in Spanish). CNN México. November 30, 2012. Retrieved November 30, 2012.
  2. . Retrieved April 19, 2011.
  3. ^ Presencia de México en el mundo libanés Archived December 10, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ http://www.elperiodicodesaltillo.com/2013/2013%20abril/augusto2.html