Víctor Bravo Ahuja (20 February 1918 – 2 September 1990) was a Mexican politician and academician who served as Secretary of Public Education in the administration of Luis Echeverría (1970–76),[1] as Governor of Oaxaca (1968–70)[1] and as Director General (1951–55) and then Rector (1955–58) of the Monterrey Institute of Technology (ITESM).
Víctor Bravo Ahuja | |
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| Secretary of Public Education of Mexico | |
| In office 1 December 1970 – 30 November 1976 [1] | |
| President | Luis Echeverría |
| Preceded by | Agustín Yañez |
| Succeeded by | Porfirio Muñoz Ledo |
| Governor of Oaxaca | |
| In office 1 December 1968 – 30 November 1970 [1] | |
| Preceded by | Rodolfo Brena Torres |
| Succeeded by | Fernando Gómez Sandoval |
| Director General/Rector of the Monterrey Institute of Technology* | |
| In office 1951–1958 | |
| Preceded by | Roberto Guajardo Suárez |
| Succeeded by | Fernando García Roel |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 February 1918 [1] Tuxtepec, Oaxaca, Mexico[1] |
| Died | 2 September 1990 (aged 72) [2] Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico[1] |
| Political party | Revolutionary Institutional Party (PRI) |
| Alma mater | National Polytechnic Institute[1] University of Michigan |
| Profession | Academic and politician |
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He was born into a family composed by Rodrigo Bravo Monsalve and Carmen Ahuja Beauregard[1] and became one of the first four students to graduate with a bachelor's degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the National Polytechnic Institute.[2] He interrupted his master's degree at the California Institute of Technology, served in the Mexican Air Force[3] and completed his master's degree at the University of Michigan.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Víctor Bravo Ahuja: Un tuxtepecano como ninguno" (in Spanish). El Tuxtepecano. 2008-09-03. Retrieved 2008-10-11.
- ^ a b c "Bravo Ahuja, Víctor". Diccionario de Historia de la Educación en México (in Spanish). Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Retrieved 2009-07-29.
- ^ Basáñez, Miguel (1987). La composición del poder: Oaxaca 1968-1984 (in Spanish). Mexico City: Instituto Nacional de Administración Pública. p. 21. ISBN 978-968-6080-05-6. OCLC 19065244.
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