Humberto Lugo Gil | |
Office: | Governor of Hidalgo |
Term Start: | 28 October 1998 |
Term End: | 31 March 1999 |
Predecessor: | Jesús Murillo Karam |
Successor: | Manuel Ángel Núñez Soto |
Office2: | President of the Chamber of Deputies |
Term Start2: | 1 September 1982 |
Term End2: | 30 September 1982 |
Predecessor2: | Marco Antonio Aguilar Cortés |
Successor2: | Óscar Ramírez Mijares |
Office3: | Member of the Chamber of Deputies for Hidalgo's 5th district |
Term Start3: | 1 September 1982 |
Term End3: | 31 August 1985 |
Predecessor3: | José Guadarrama Márquez |
Successor3: | José Gonzalo Badillo Ortíz |
Term Start4: | 1 September 1967 |
Term End4: | 31 August 1970 |
Predecessor4: | Jaime López Peimbert |
Successor4: | Enrique Soto Resendiz |
Birth Date: | 4 May 1934[1] |
Birth Place: | Huichapan, Hidalgo |
Death Place: | Mexico City, Mexico |
Spouse: | Luz del Carmen Guerrero |
Profession: | Lawyer, politician |
Party: | Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) |
Humberto Alejandro Lugo Gil (4 May 1934 – 9 May 2013)[1] was a Mexican politician from the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He served in the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate and as the interim governor of Hidalgo.[2]
Humberto Lugo Gil was born into a prominent political family from Huichapan, Hidalgo. He was related to the governors, José Lugo Guerrero (his father),, Jorge Rojo Lugo, and Adolfo Lugo Verduzco.
During his political career he held numerous official positions: general secretary of the National Confederation of Popular Organizations (CNOP) in 1979–1983,general manager of Aeropuertos y Servicios Auxiliares during the government of Miguel de la Madrid, two-time federal deputy (1967–1970 and 1982–1985, for Hidalgo's fifth district on both occasions), and two-time senator for Hidalgo (1976–1982 and 1988–1994). In 1982, during his second term as a deputy, he was elected president of the Chamber of Deputies[3] and, in that capacity, he gave the official reply to the State of the Nation report in which President José López Portillo announced the nationalization of the country's private banks.[4]
Following the resignation of Jesús Murillo Karam, he was appointed the interim governor of Hidalgo (1998–1999).[2]
Lugo Gil died on 9 May 2013 in Mexico City.[2]