Enrique Martínez y Martínez

Enrique Martinez y Martinez (born 10 November 1948 in Saltillo) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Revolutionary Institutional Party. He has served as Mexico's Ambassador to Cuba since 2016. He previously served as Governor of Coahuila from 2 December 1999 to 17 February 2005.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Martínez and the second or maternal family name is y Martínez.
Enrique Martinez y Martinez
Ambassador of Mexico to Cuba
Assumed office
25 May 2015
PresidentEnrique Peña Nieto
Preceded byJuan José Bremer
Secretary of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food
In office
1 December 2012 – 27 August 2015
PresidentEnrique Peña Nieto
Preceded byFrancisco Mayorga Castañeda
Succeeded byJosé Calzada
25th Governor of Coahuila
In office
2 December 1999 – 17 February 2005
Preceded byRogelio Montemayor Seguy
Succeeded byHumberto Moreira Valdés
Personal details
Born (1948-11-10) 10 November 1948
Saltillo
Political partyRevolutionary Institutional Party
SpouseMaría Guadalupe Morales
Alma materMonterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education

Martínez y Martínez received a bachelor's degree in economics from the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Studies. After graduation, he taught several courses in economics at the Autonomous University of Coahuila and at the Antonio Narro Autonomous Agricultural University (in Spanish: Universidad Autonoma Agraria Antonio Narro).

He joined the private sector as president of Grupo Empresarial Martínez, started his political career as municipal president of Saltillo (1979–81) and has been elected twice to the Chamber of Deputies: 1988–91, representing Coahuila's First District, and 1997–99, representing its Seventh District.

In 1999, as the PRI candidate for governor, he defeated a coalition of four parties with 60% of the vote and started serving as governor of Coahuila on 1 December; his term expired on 1 December 2005, and he was succeeded by Humberto Moreira Valdés.

During the early months of 2005 Martínez tried unsuccessfully to secure his party nomination for the 2006 presidential election.

He is married to María Guadalupe Morales and has two sons and a daughter: Enrique, Eduardo and Ana Sofía.[1]

See also

References
  1. "Enrique Martinez y Martinez, Coahuila". XXII Border Governors Conference. Retrieved 11 February 2012.


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