Patricio Martínez García | |
Office: | Governor of Chihuahua |
Term Start: | 4 October 1998 |
Term End: | 3 October 2004 |
Predecessor: | Francisco Barrio |
Successor: | José Reyes Baeza Terrazas |
Order2: | Member of the Chamber of Deputies for Chihuahua′s 6th district |
Term Start2: | 1 September 1997 |
Term End2: | 12 August 1998 |
Predecessor2: | Óscar Villalobos Chávez |
Successor2: | Xóchitl Reyes Castro |
Office3: | Municipal President of Chihuahua |
Term Start3: | 10 October 1992 |
Term End3: | 9 October 1995 |
Predecessor3: | Rodolfo Torres Medina |
Successor3: | Gustavo Ramos Becerra |
Birth Date: | 17 March 1948[1] |
Birth Place: | Chihuahua, Chihuahua |
Spouse: | Patricia Aguirre Rodríguez |
Profession: | Certified Public Accountant |
Party: | Institutional Revolutionary |
Alma Mater: | Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (ITESM) |
Patricio Martínez García (born March 17, 1948 Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico) is a Mexican politician and member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). Martínez served as the Governor of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico, from 1998 until 2004.[2]
Martinez was born in the city of Chihuahua, Mexico.[2] He is married to Patricia Aguirre Rodríguez, and has four children - Patricia, Patricio, César Iván, and Elisa Ivonne.[2] He graduated from the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education.[2]
He began working as a professor of accounting at the Autonomous University of Chihuahua in 1971.[2] Martinez became the chairman of the Business Coordinating Council of Chihuahua in 1991.[2]
Martinez served as the General Director of Administration for the state of Chihuahua from 1991 to 1992.[2] He was elected mayor of the city of Chihuahua, holding the office from 1992 to 1995.[2] He was further elected to the Chamber of Deputies of Mexico in 1997, serving during the LVII meeting of the federal congress.[2]