Xavier Olea Muñoz

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Xavier Olea Muñoz
Governor of Guerrero
In office
January 31, 1975[1] – April 1, 1975[2]
Preceded byIsrael Nogueda Otero
Succeeded byRubén Figueroa Figueroa
Personal details
BornDecember 1, 1923
Taxco de Alarcón, Guerrero
Political partyInstitutional Revolutionary Party (PRI)
OccupationLawyer
Politician

Xavier Olea Muñoz (December 1, 1923 – December 1, 2015) was a Mexican

Governor of Guerrero from January 31, 1975, until April 1, 1975, after his predecessor, Governor Israel Nogueda Otero, was removed from office.[1] Olea Muñoz also served as the Ambassador of Mexico to several countries. In 1976, he was appointed Ambassador of Mexico to France.[1] He then served as Ambassador to Japan, as well as concurrent Ambassador to South Korea, from 1977 until 1979.[1]

Olea Muñoz was born in Iguala, Guerrero, Mexico, on December 1, 1923.[3] He received a bachelor's from the School of Law at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and completed law school four years later.[3] Following law school, he became the personal representative of Adolfo López Mateos, who was elected President of Mexico in 1958.[3]

By 1960, Olea had become

U.S. President John F. Kennedy.[3]

The Sociedad Mexicana de Geografía y Estadística honored him with a merit award in 1965.[3] In 1966, Olea Muñoz was appointed as an adviser to Mexican President Gustavo Díaz Ordaz.[3]

In 1969, Olea Muñoz was elected Vice President of the International Union of Lawyers, a professional organization headquartered in Brussels, Belgium.[3] He held a series of positions with Mexico's civil service and federal government, including the Mexican Cultural Institute and the Secretariat of Tourism.[2]

In January 1975, the federal

Governor of Guerrero.[3] Olea Muñoz, who served two months as acting Governor, was sworn into office on January 31, 1975.[1] He was succeeded by Rubén Figueroa Figueroa on April 1, 1975.[2][3]

Xavier Olea Muñoz began his diplomatic career shortly after leaving office as Governor of Guerrero.

ambassadorship to South Korea from 1977 until 1979.[1][3] He also served as Mexico's Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Italy, Switzerland, the former Czechoslovakia, Poland, and the former Soviet Union during his career.[4]

He joined the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) during the 1990s.[2] In 1998, Olea Muñoz was a PRD candidate for Governor of Guerrero, but lost his party's nomination to Félix Salgado Macedonio.[2] Salgado was defeated in the 1999 Guerrero gubernatorial election by René Juárez Cisneros of PRI.

The city of

key to the city in a ceremony on November 30, 2013.[3]

Xavier Olea Muñoz died in the city of

Taxco de Alarcón, Guerrero, on December 1, 2015, at the age of 92.[1][2] His son, Xavier Olea Peláez, is also a criminal lawyer.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Murió en Taxco el ex gobernador Xavier Olea Muñoz, a los 92 años". Diario de Guerrero. 2015-12-02. Retrieved 2015-12-29.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Muere a los 92 años Xavier Olea, exgobernador de Guerrero". SDP Noticias. 2015-12-02. Retrieved 2015-12-29.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Muere el exgobernador de Guerrero Xavier Olea Múñoz". Negocios360. 2015-12-02. Retrieved 2015-12-29.
  4. ^ "Muere a los 92 años Xavier Olea, exgobernador de Guerrero". Excélsior. 2015-12-02. Retrieved 2015-12-29.