Guillermo Pacheco Pulido
Guillermo Pacheco Pulido | |
|---|---|
| Governor of Puebla Acting | |
| In office 21 January 2019 – 31 July 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Jesús Rodríguez Almeida |
| Succeeded by | Miguel Barbosa Huerta |
| President of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 1 December 1992 – 14 April 1993 | |
| Preceded by | María de los Ángeles Moreno |
| Succeeded by | Laura Garza Galindo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 February 1933 Puebla, Puebla, Mexico |
| Political party | Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
Guillermo Pacheco Pulido (born 8 February 1933) is a Mexican politician. On 21 January 2019, the Congress of Puebla elected him as acting Governor of Puebla, a position in which he served until July 31 of the same year.[1] He had served as a deputy of the Congress of the Union in the LII Legislature from 1982 to 1985 and in the LV legislature from 1991 to 1994. He had also been a local deputy of the Congress of Puebla in the XLIII Legislature from 1966 to 1969, municipal president of Puebla of Zaragoza from 1987 to 1990 and president of the Superior Court of Justice of Puebla from 1999 to 2008.[2][3]
Early life and education
[edit]Guillermo Pacheco Pulido was born in the city of Puebla on 8 February 1933. He studied at the Autonomous University of Puebla, where he obtained a degree in law. He was state leader of the National Confederation of Popular Organizations (CNOP).[3]
Political career
[edit]Pacheco Pulido was a local deputy of the Congress of Puebla in the XLIII Legislature from 1966 to 1969, representing district 3, based in the city of Puebla. From 1982 to 1985 he was a federal deputy in the LII Legislature representing district 2 of Puebla. He was municipal president of Puebla de Zaragoza from 1987 to 1990 and was again a federal deputy from 1991 to 1994 in the LV legislature representing district 12 of Puebla.[2][3]
Acting governor of Puebla
[edit]Puebla governor Martha Erika Alonso died in a helicopter crash on 24 December 2018; Jesús Rodríguez Almeida headed the office temporarily after her death. Pacheco Pulido, now 86 years old, was appointed acting governor twenty-seven days after Alonso's death.[4]
During his six-month incumbency it was reported that he spent 80% of the Puebla government funds for all of 2019, and awarded contracts worth millions to politicians and companies later under investigation for fraud.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Eligen al priista Guillermo Pacheco Pulido como gobernador interino de Puebla". Reporte Índigo. 21 January 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
- ^ a b Raúl Torres Salmerón (21 September 2015). "¿Pacheco Pulido, mini gobernador en el 2016?". E-Consulta. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
- ^ a b c "Pacheco Pulido rendirá protesta como gobernador interino". Tribuna Noticias. 21 January 2019. Archived from the original on 22 January 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
- ^ Miguel, Aldo (21 January 2019). "Avala Congreso de Puebla a Guillermo Pacheco Pulido como gobernador interino". El Sol de Puebla (in Spanish).
- ^ Velázquez, Maribel (22 October 2020). "Los favorecidos del gobierno de Pacheco Pulido" (in Spanish). CONNECTAS.