Juan Sabines Gutiérrez

Juan Sabines Gutiérrez
Mayor of Tuxtla Gutiérrez
In office
1951–1952
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
1952–1955
ConstituencyChiapas's 3rd district
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
1958–1961
ConstituencyChiapas's 1st district
Member of the Senate of Mexico
In office
1970–1976
ConstituencyChiapas
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
1979–1979
ConstituencyChiapas's 8th district
Governor of Chiapas
In office
29 November 1979 – 30 November 1982
Preceded bySalomón González Blanco
Personal details
Born(1920-06-27)27 June 1920
Died2 March 1987(1987-03-02) (aged 66)
Mexico
PartyInstitutional Revolutionary Party (PRI)

Juan Sabines Gutiérrez[a] (27 June 1920 – 2 March 1987) was a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He served in both chambers of Congress and was governor of Chiapas from 1979 to 1982.

Career

Juan Sabines Gutiérrez was born in Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, in 1920.[1] He served as that city's mayor in 1951–1952.[2]

He was elected to the Chamber of Deputies on three occasions: in 1952, for Chiapas's 3rd district;[3] in 1958, for Chiapas's 1st district;[4] and in 1979, for Chiapas's 8th district.[5]

In the 1970 general election, he was elected to the Senate for his home state.[6]

He resigned his 1979 seat in Congress when he was appointed interim governor of Chiapas on 29 November 1979, replacing Salomón González Blanco. He remained in the position until 30 November 1982.[1]

Juan Sabines Gutiérrez died on 2 March 1987, aged 66.[1]

Family

Sabines Gutiérrez was the brother of the poet Jaime Sabines. His son, Juan Sabines Guerrero, served as governor of Chiapas in 2006–2012.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ In this Mexican name, the surname is Sabines and the second or maternal family name is Gutiérrez.

References

  1. ^ a b c d López, Isaí (29 October 2024). "El legado de un hombre olvidado como lo es Juan Sabines Gutiérrez". El Heraldo de Chiapas. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
  2. ^ "Tuxtla Gutiérrez: Cronología de los Presidentes Municipales". Enciclopedia de los Municipios y delegaciones de México (in Spanish). Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Archived from the original on 28 February 2020.
  3. ^ "Legislatura 42" (PDF). Biblioteca Virtual. Cámara de Diputados. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  4. ^ "Legislatura 44" (PDF). Biblioteca Virtual. Cámara de Diputados. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
  5. ^ "Legislatura 51" (PDF). Biblioteca Virtual. Cámara de Diputados. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
  6. ^ Camp, Roderic Ai (2011). Mexican Political Biographies, 1935–2009. University of Texas Press. p. 861. ISBN 9780292726345. Retrieved 16 December 2024.