Alfonso Martínez Domínguez | |
Office: | Governor of Nuevo León |
Term Start: | 1 August 1979 |
Term End: | 31 July 1985 |
Predecessor: | Pedro Zorrilla Martínez |
Successor: | Jorge Treviño Martínez |
Office2: | Head of the Federal District Department |
Term Start2: | 1 December 1970 |
Term End2: | 15 June 1971 |
Predecessor2: | Alfonso Corona del Rosal |
Successor2: | Octavio Sentíes Gómez |
Office3: | President of the Chamber of Deputies |
Term Start3: | 1 December 1964 |
Term End3: | 31 August 1965 |
Predecessor3: | Manuel Zárate Aquino |
Successor3: | Augusto Gómez Villanueva |
Office4: | Deputy of the Congress of the Union for the 4th district of Nuevo León |
Term Start4: | 1 September 1964 |
Term End4: | 31 August 1967 |
Predecessor4: | Armando Arteaga Santoyo |
Successor4: | Graciano Bortoni Urteaga |
Office5: | Deputy of the Congress of the Union for the 17th district of the Federal District |
Term Start5: | 1 September 1952 |
Term End5: | 31 August 1955 |
Successor5: | Alfonso Ituarte Servin |
Office6: | Deputy of the Congress of the Union for the 4th district of the Federal District |
Term Start6: | 1 September 1946 |
Term End6: | 31 August 1949 |
Predecessor6: | Ruffo Figueroa Figueroa |
Successor6: | Francisco Fonseca García |
Birth Date: | 7 January 1922 |
Birth Place: | Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico |
Occupation: | Politician |
Party: | PRI |
Alfonso Martínez Domínguez (January 7, 1922 - November 6, 2002) was the governor of the Mexican state of Nuevo León from 1979 to 1985.
Son of physician Alfonso Martinez de la Garza and Margarita Rafaela Dominguez Samaniego; grandson of Alfonso Martinez de la Garza and Maria de la Garza. He did his elementary studies in Monterrey, his secondary studies in Mexico City, and he received a bachelor's degree from Franco-Mexican College in Mexico City.
He began governmental career as a clerk (5th category) in the Department of the Federal District in 1937; chief editor. He was federal deputy from Federal District 4 from 1946 to 1949. He was a member of the Committee for the Department of the Federal District, 2nd Balloting Committee, Public Works Committee, and the Securities Committee. He was a federal deputy from Federal District 17 from 1952 to 1955 and a member of the Legislative Studies Committee and Tourism Committee. He was a federal deputy from the State of Nuevo León from 1964 to 1967.
He represented District 4, serving as president of the Chamber of Deputies in December 1964. He was President of Gran Commission, member of 1st Committee on Government, Constitutional Affairs Committee; Senator from the state of Nuevo León, 1988–1991; Secretary of organization regional PRI Committee of the Federal District, 1955; secretary of popular action, CEN of PRI, 1946; president of CEN of PRI, 1968–1970; Secretary-General of CNOP of PRI, 1962–1965; Department of Republican Relations, Department of the Federal District, 1970–1971; director general of Airport and Auxiliary services, Secretariat of Communications and Transportation, 1987–1988; Secretary-general Union of Workers of the Department of the Federal District 1942–1943; and author of two books on history.
He resigned as head of the Federal District after the 1971 Corpus Christi massacre; most observers see the resignation as a result of power struggles within the ruling circle rather than just the result of the riots.
Martínez Domínguez represented a traditional type of Mexican politician that has almost become extinct. He came from a very poor background and had virtually no education. He received three honorary degrees. He worked his way up through the party hierarchy. He became the president of the PRI in the 1960s. Known and remembered for his tenacity, focus, passion for his country, Martínez Domínguez had the reputation of a ruthless politician.
He served as secretary general of the federal bureaucrats union (FSTSE, 1949 - 1952) and got elected to the Chamber of Deputies on three occasions. He was senator twice and Governor of Nuevo León.
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