Teófilo Borunda

Teófilo Borunda Ortiz (February 4, 1912 in Satevó, Chihuahua – March 18, 2001 in Ciudad Juárez)[1] was a Mexican politician, member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, Governor of Chihuahua from 1956 to 1962, and was a senator and federal deputy.

Teófilo Borunda
Ambassasdor of Mexico to Argentina
In office 1971–1972
Preceded by	Bernardo Reyes Morales
Succeeded by	Jaime Jiménez Muñoz
Governor of Chihuahua
In office October 4, 1956 – October 3, 1962
Preceded by	Jesús Lozoya Solís
Succeeded by	Práxedes Giner Durán
President of the Chamber of Deputies of Mexico
In office September 1, 1949 – September 30, 1951
Preceded by	Braulio Maldonado Sández
Succeeded by	Milton Castellanos Everardo
Member of the Senate of the Republic for Chihuahua
In office September 1, 1952 – August 31, 1958
Member of the Chamber of Deputies for Chihuahua
In office 1943–1952
Municipal President of Juárez
In office January 1, 1940 – December 31, 1941
Preceded by	Octavio Escobar Rodriguez
Succeeded by	Antonio J. Bermúdez
Personal details
Born	(1912-02-04)February 4, 1912 Satevó, Chihuahua
Died	March 18, 2001(2001-03-18) (aged 89) Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua
Political party	PRI
Spouse	Hortensia Flores

The first public office that was chosen was that of municipal president of Juárez, from 1940 to 1941; he was also the founder of the National Confederation of Popular Organizations (CNOP) of the PRI in Ciudad Juarez at that time. Borunda served as federal deputy to the XXXIX legislature from 1943 to 1946; that same year he was designated as secretary general for Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada and then again served as federal deputy to the XLI legislature from 1949 to 1952. He was the President of the Chamber of Deputies in 1951.[2] In 1952 he was chosen to represent the state of Chihuahua as a senator for until 1958, and was president of the senate during this time.

Before finishing his term as senator, in 1956 he was nominated by PRI then he was elected as governor of Chihuahua until 1962, during his government the railroad Chihuahua to Pacific was finished and he completed the channeling of the Río Chuviscar in its section that crosses the city of Chihuahua.

After he finished his governorship period he was named Manager of the COVE and subsequently Ambassador of Mexico in Argentina.