Blas Chumacero Explained

Blas Chumacero
Office:President of the Chamber of Deputies
Term Start:1 November 1985
Term End:30 November 1985
Predecessor:Beatriz Elena Paredes Rangel
Successor:Fernando Ortíz Arana
Term Start2:1 November 1940
Term End2:30 November 1940
Predecessor2:Ernesto Gallardo Sánchez
Successor2:Jesús U. Molina
Office3:President of the Senate
Term Start3:1 December 1981
Term End3:31 August 1982
Predecessor3:Ángel Ventura Valle
Successor3:Miguel González Avelar
Office4:Senator for Puebla
Term Start4:1 September 1988
Term End4:31 October 1994
Predecessor4:Alfonso Zegbe Sanen
Successor4:Melquiades Morales
Term Start5:1 September 1976
Term End5:31 August 1982
Predecessor5:Guadalupe López Bretón
Successor5:Ángel Aceves Saucedo
Office6:Member of the Chamber of Deputies
for Puebla′s 1st district
Term Start6:1 September 1985
Term End6:31 August 1988
Predecessor6:Hilda Luisa Valdemar Lima
Successor6:Víctor M. Carreto y Fernández de Lara
Term Start7:1 September 1967
Term End7:31 August 1970
Predecessor7:Melquíades Trejo Hernández
Successor7:Miguel López González
Term Start8:1 September 1958
Term End8:31 August 1961
Predecessor8:Salvador Lobato Jiménez
Successor8:Francisco Márquez Ramos
Term Start9:1 September 1952
Term End9:31 August 1955
Predecessor9:Francisco Márquez Ramos
Successor9:Salvador Lobato Jiménez
Term Start10:1 September 1946
Term End10:31 August 1949
Predecessor10:Gustavo Díaz Ordaz
Successor10:Francisco Márquez Ramos
Term Start11:1 September 1940
Term End11:31 August 1943
Predecessor11:Juan Salamanca V.
Successor11:Gustavo Díaz Ordaz
Birth Date:1905 1, df=yes
Birth Place:Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
Death Place:Mexico City, D.F., Mexico
Occupation:Politician

Blas Chumacero Sánchez (January 18, 1905 in Puebla – July 12, 1997 in Mexico City) was a Mexican trade union leader and interim secretary general of the Confederation of Mexican Workers after Fidel Velásquez' death.

Chumacero Sánchez was the son of Zenón Chumacero Bueno and Josefa Sánchez Serrano. A high school dropout textile worker, he became a founding member of the General Confederation of Workers and Farmers of Mexico (CGOCM) in 1920 and a founding member of the Revolutionary Institutional Party (formerly, PNR). In 1936 he became a founding delegate of the Worker's Confederation of Mexico (CTM) and three years later he founded the Workers' Federation of Puebla, in which he served as secretary general for over 45 years.

Because of the strong (and usually coercive) ties between the Mexican labor movement and the government endorsed Revolutionary Institutional Party during most of the 20th century, Chumacero was elected once to the Congress of Puebla, six times to the Chamber of Deputies and twice to the Mexican senate; for a total of 33 years serving as legislator.

He was married to Aurelia Corona and adopted two siblings: Jaime and Rebeca Chumacero Lucio.

Source: Diccionario biográfico del gobierno mexicano, Ed. Fondo de Cultura Económica, Mexico, 1992.

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