Fidel Herrera Beltrán
Fidel Herrera Beltrán | |
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57th Governor of Veracruz | |
In office 1 December 2004 – 30 November 2010 | |
Preceded by | Miguel Alemán Velasco |
Succeeded by | Javier Duarte de Ochoa |
Personal details | |
Born | Nopaltepec, Veracruz, Mexico | 7 March 1949
Political party | PRI |
Profession |
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Fidel Herrera Beltrán (Nopaltepec, Veracruz, March 7, 1949) is a Mexican politician and former governor of the state of Veracruz. A member of Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), he was elected governor in 2004.[1] Prior to that, he was deputy in the XLIX Legislature for Cosamaloapan, LI Legislature for Pánuco, LV Legislature for Cosamaloapan and LVII Legislature for Boca del Río and a senator representing Veracruz in the LVIII Legislature. He is a lawyer by profession, having attended law school at UNAM.[2]
In 2013, Forbes magazine named Herrera as one of the 10 most corrupt Mexican politicians, citing his alleged links to the Los Zetas drug-trafficking cartel.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ "A Discussion With Governor Fidel Herrera Beltrán". Archived from the original on 2011-07-27. Retrieved 2009-12-04.
- ^ "Perfil del legislador" (in Spanish). Sistema de Información Legislativo. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- ^ Estevez, Dolia. "The 10 Most Corrupt Mexicans Of 2013". Forbes. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
External links[edit]
Official Biography (Spanish): http://portal.veracruz.gob.mx/portal/page?_pageid=153,4200549&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL Archived 2009-03-21 at the Wayback Machine
- Governors of Veracruz
- Living people
- 1949 births
- Institutional Revolutionary Party politicians
- Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)
- Members of the Senate of the Republic (Mexico)
- Politicians from Veracruz
- National Autonomous University of Mexico alumni
- Alumni of the London School of Economics
- 20th-century Mexican politicians
- 21st-century Mexican politicians
- Deputies of the XLIX Legislature of Mexico
- Deputies of the LI Legislature of Mexico
- Deputies of the LV Legislature of Mexico
- Deputies of the LVII Legislature of Mexico
- Institutional Revolutionary senator stubs
- Institutional Revolutionary deputy, 1940s birth stubs