Francisco Labastida Explained

Francisco Labastida
Office:Senator for Sinaloa
Term Start:1 September 2006
Term End:31 August 2012
Predecessor:José Adalberto Castro Castro
Successor:Daniel Amador Gaxiola
Office1:Secretary of the Interior of Mexico
President1:Ernesto Zedillo
Term Start1:3 January 1998
Term End1:21 May 1999
Predecessor1:Emilio Chuayffet
Successor1:Diódoro Carrasco Altamirano
Office2:Governor of Sinaloa
Term Start2:1 January 1987
Term End2:31 December 1992
Predecessor2:Antonio Toledo Corro
Successor2:Renato Vega Alvarado
Birth Name:Francisco Labastida Ochoa
Birth Date:14 August 1942
Birth Place:Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico
Party:Institutional Revolutionary Party
Parents:Eduardo Labastida
Gloria Ochoa

Francisco Labastida Ochoa (pronounced as /es/; born 14 August 1942) is a Mexican economist and politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), who became the first presidential candidate of his party to lose a presidential election, which he did in the 2000 presidential election to Vicente Fox.

Labastida was born to Gloria Ochoa de Labastida and Eduardo Labastida Kofahl. His wife, Teresa Uriarte, was director of UNAM's Institute of Aesthetics Research. His great-grandfather fought on the side of Mexican President Benito Juárez in the War of Reform, and his grandfather was Governor of Sinaloa as well as federal deputy.

Labastida served as governor of Sinaloa (1987 - 1992), defeating Manuel Clouthier of the National Action Party. During and after his tenure as governor, Labastida was accused of protecting Sinaloan drug traffickers and overlooking their activities.[1]

Labastida was Secretary of Energy during the administration of Miguel de la Madrid. He was also Secretary of Agriculture and Secretary of the Interior during the administration of Ernesto Zedillo.

After losing the 2000 presidential election, he served as president of the Centro de Estudios para el Desarrollo de México. In the 2006 general election, he was elected to the Senate for the PRI, representing Sinaloa.[2]

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  1. News: Gertz. Bill. CIA Links Mexico's Interior Minister To Drug Lords. 1 September 2014. The Washington Times. 5 February 1998.
  2. http://www.senado.gob.mx/legislatura.php?id=74 Labastida profile at the Senate