Jorge Herrera Delgado | |
Birth Date: | 1961 8, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Durango, Durango, Mexico |
Death Place: | Durango, Mexico |
Office: | Chamber of Deputies LXII Legislature of the Mexican Congress |
Term Start: | 1 September 2012 |
Term End: | 24 November 2014 |
Preceded: | Pedro Ávila Nevárez |
Successor: | Eduardo Solís Nogueira |
Office2: | Mayor of Durango |
Term Start2: | 2004 |
Term End2: | 2007 |
Preceded2: | José Rosas Aispuro |
Successor2: | Jorge Herrera Caldera |
Alma Mater: | Durango Institute of Technology |
Occupation: | Politician |
Spouse: | Blanca Estela Castro de Herrera |
Jorge Herrera Delgado (16 August 1961 – 24 November 2014) was a Mexican politician. A graduate in industrial engineering from the Durango Institute of Technology (ITD), he was a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party. He founded the radio station XHITD-FM Estéreo Tecnológico in Durango. He was Mayor of Durango from 2004 to 2007 and a two-time deputy in the Durango state congress. He was designated by Governor Jorge Herrera Caldera to head the Durango Department of Education from 15 September 2010 to 7 February 2012.[1] [2]
He was elected to represent the fourth district of Durango in the LXII Legislature of the Mexican Congress (2012–2015). He belonged to following legislative commissions: Urban Development and Territorial Regulation (President), Treasury and Public Expenditure (Secretary), Public Education and Educative Service.
From 15 April, he was a delegate on the Executive National Committee of the PRI in Sonora.
Delgado died on 24 November 2014 from pancreatic cancer at the age of 53.[3] He was replaced by his alternate deputy, Eduardo Solís Nogueira.
First Prize of Information Access in the category to Government Employees by Konrad-Adenaur Stiftung (KAS) Foundation and Libertad de Información, A. C. (LIMAC) in 2005.