Víctor Manzanilla Schaffer (13 November 1924 – 7 April 2019) was a Mexican politician and diplomat who served as governor of the state of Yucatán. He was a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).
Víctor Manzanilla Schaffer | |
|---|---|
| Governor of Yucatan | |
| In office 1 February 1988 – 14 February 1991 | |
| Preceded by | Víctor Cervera Pacheco |
| Succeeded by | Dulce María Sauri Riancho |
| President of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 1 November 1977 – 30 November 1977 | |
| Preceded by | Martha Andrade de Del Rosal |
| Succeeded by | Guillermo Cosío Vidaurri |
| In office 1 September 1967 – 30 September 1967 | |
| Preceded by | Alejandro Carrillo Marcor |
| Succeeded by | Edgar Robledo Santiago |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies for Yucatán′s 3rd district | |
| In office 1 September 1976 – 31 August 1979 | |
| Preceded by | Efraín Ceballos Gutiérrez |
| Succeeded by | Jorge Jure Cejín |
| In office 1 September 1967 – 31 August 1970 | |
| Preceded by | Francisco Luna Kan |
| Succeeded by | Jorge Carlos González |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 November 1924 Mexico City, Mexico |
| Died | 7 April 2019 (aged 94) Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico |
| Political party | Institutional Revolutionary Party |
Early life and education
editManzanilla Schaffer was the son of a revolutionary politician in Yucatán, the founder of the Anti-Reelection Party and a congressman.[1] He earned an undergraduate degree from the School of Law of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), a master's degree in sociology from The New School for Social Research in New York, and a doctorate in law.[2]
Career
editHe served as a legal assistant in the United Nations division of narcotics, as Mexico's ambassador to China and its first to North Korea, and for two terms as a member of the Senate and two as a member of the Chamber of Deputies for Yucatán's second district.[1][2][3][4] He exerted unusual independence as a congressman, on one occasion voting against President José López Portillo's amendment of Article 27 of the Constitution.[1] Elected to succeed Víctor Cervera Pacheco, he was governor of Yucatán from February 1988 to February 1991, when he resigned three years before his term was to have ended,[2] it is presumed at the urging of Cervera Pacheco and of President Carlos Salinas de Gortari.[3][4][5]
Honours
editAmong other honours Manzanilla Schaffer was awarded the Medalla al Mérito Legislativo, the Knight Commander's Cross of the Grand Cross of Merit of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany,[2] and the Jesús Reyes Heroles prize of the Agrupación Nacional de Egresados del Instituto de Capacitación Política of the PRI.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b c Camp, Roderic Ai (2010). The Metamorphosis of Leadership in a Democratic Mexico. Oxford: Oxford University. p. 43. ISBN 9780199742851.
- ^ a b c d "Fallece el exgobernador Víctor Manzanilla Schaffer". El Diario de Yucatán (in Spanish). 8 April 2019.
- ^ a b c Boffil Gómez, Luis A. (8 April 2019). "Muere Víctor Manzanilla, ex gobernador de Yucatán". La Jornada de San Luis (in Spanish).
- ^ a b Santana, Rosa (7 April 2019). "Murió el exgobernador de Yucatán, Víctor Manzanilla Schaffer, a los 94 años". Proceso (in Spanish).
- ^ "Salinas no me engañó, engañó a los mexicanos - Victor Manzanilla". La Revista Peninsular (in Spanish). 14 February 1997. Archived from the original on 24 December 2005.