Héctor Ortiz Ortiz

Héctor Israel Ortiz Ortiz (born 28 July 1950 in Oaxaca) is a Mexican lawyer and politician who served as Governor of Tlaxcala.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Ortiz and the second or maternal family name is Ortiz.
Héctor Ortiz Ortiz
Governor of Tlaxcala
In office
January 15, 2005 – January 14, 2011
Preceded byAlfonso Sánchez Anaya
Succeeded byMariano González Zarur
Personal details
Born (1950-07-28) 28 July 1950
Oaxaca de Juárez, Oaxaca
Political partyNational Action Party
SpouseGuadalupe Lozano Tovar

Professional career

Héctor Ortiz holds a bachelor's degree in law. He has been a professor of law at the Universidad Autónoma de Tlaxcala (UAT) since 1974.[1] Ortiz also served as Rector of the UAT from 1983 to 1987 and again from 1999 to 2000.[1] From 1990 to 1991 he served as Secretary of Education of the State of Tlaxcala.[1] He served in the lower house of the Mexican Congress during the LV (1991 to 1994) and the LVIII Legislatures.[1] In 2002 he was elected mayor of Tlaxcala.

Ortiz joined the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) in 1967 and was an active member until 2004, when he resigned from the PRI after losing the party's internal bid for the governorship of Tlaxcala. He then accepted the National Action Party (PAN) invitation to run for the governorship as the PAN candidate; he won the election held on November 14, 2004, and took office on January 14, 2005.

See also

References
  1. "Héctor Ortiz Ortiz" (in Spanish). Sistema de Información Legislativo. Retrieved 24 November 2021.


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