Raymundo Cárdenas

Raymundo Cárdenas Hernández (born 3 February 1950) is a Mexican left-wing politician from Zacatecas affiliated with the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) who currently serves in the lower house of the Mexican Congress.[1]

Raymundo Cárdenas Hernández

Early life

Cárdenas was born on 3 February 1950 in Villanueva, Zacatecas.[2] He studied chemical engineering at the Autonomous University of Zacatecas, where he remained as a long-time professor.[2]

Political career

Cárdenas joined the Mexican Communist Party (PCM) in the late 1970s,[2] which merged into the Unified Socialist Party of Mexico (PSUM) in 1981. From 1983 to 1986 he served as local deputy in the Congress of Zacatecas representing the PSUM, then from 1991 to 1994 he served again in the Congress of Zacatecas during the LV Legislature representing the PRD.[2]

In 2000 he was elected to serve in the Senate during the LVIII and LIX Legislatures (2000 to 2006).[2]

In the 2006 Congressional Election he won a seat in the lower house of the Mexican Congress.

References
  1. José Luis Martínez (29 November 2006). "Impedirá PRD protesta de Calderón donde sea: Raymundo Cárdenas". El Universal (Mexico City) (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 February 2011.
  2. "Perfil del legislador" (in Spanish). Sistema de Información Legislativa. Retrieved 23 February 2021.


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