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He was also [[Secretario de Agricultura, Ganadería y Desarrollo Rural|Secretary of Agriculture]] and [[Secretary of the Interior (Mexico)|Secretary of the Interior]] during the administration of [[Ernesto Zedillo]] |
He was also [[Secretario de Agricultura, Ganadería y Desarrollo Rural|Secretary of Agriculture]] and [[Secretary of the Interior (Mexico)|Secretary of the Interior]] during the administration of [[Ernesto Zedillo]] |
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After losing the 2000 presidential election by a small margin he served as president of the [[Centro de Estudios para el Desarrollo de México]] and is currently a candidate to the [[Senate of Mexico]]inthe [[Mexican general election, 2006|2006 elections]] representing his state. |
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*[http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/4121/semblanza.html 2000 Campaign site] |
*[http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/4121/semblanza.html 2000 Campaign site] {{es icon}} |
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Francisco Labastida Ochoa (born August 14, 1942inLos Mochis, Sinaloa) is a Mexican economist and politician affiliated to the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), who lost the 2000 presidential electiontoVicente Fox by less than 6% of the vote.
He was born to Gloria Ochoa de Labastida and Dr. Eduardo Labastida Kofahl. His wife, Dr. Teresa Uriarte, was director of UNAM's Institute of Aesthetics Research. His great-grandfather fought on the side of Former Mexican President Benito Juárez in the War of Reform, and his grandfather was Governor of Sinaloa as well as federal deputy
Just like his grandfather, he was governor of his state (1987–1992) defeating Manuel Clouthier (of the PAN) by 40% of the votes. He was Secretary of Energy during the administration of Miguel de la Madrid He was also Secretary of Agriculture and Secretary of the Interior during the administration of Ernesto Zedillo
After losing the 2000 presidential election by a small margin he served as president of the Centro de Estudios para el Desarrollo de México and is currently a candidate to the Senate of Mexico in the 2006 elections representing his state.
| Preceded by Antonio Toledo Corro (PRI) |
Governor of Sinaloa 1987—1992 |
Succeeded by Renato Vega Alvarado (PRI) |
