Teófilo Borunda Explained

Teófilo Borunda
Office:Ambassasdor of Mexico to Argentina
Term Start:1971
Term End:1972
Predecessor:Bernardo Reyes Morales
Successor:Jaime Jiménez Muñoz
Office1:Governor of Chihuahua
Term Start1:October 4, 1956
Term End1:October 3, 1962
Predecessor1:Jesús Lozoya Solís
Successor1:Práxedes Giner Durán
Office2:President of the Chamber of Deputies of Mexico
Term Start2:September 1, 1949
Term End2:September 30, 1951
Predecessor2:Braulio Maldonado Sández
Successor2:Milton Castellanos Everardo
Office3:Member of the Senate of the Republic for Chihuahua
Term Start3:September 1, 1952
Term End3:August 31, 1958
Office4:Member of the Chamber of Deputies for Chihuahua
Term Start4:1943
Term End4:1952
Office5:Municipal President of Juárez
Term Start5:January 1, 1940
Term End5:December 31, 1941
Predecessor5:Octavio Escobar Rodriguez
Successor5:Antonio J. Bermúdez
Birth Date:4 February 1912
Birth Place:Satevó, Chihuahua
Death Place:Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua
Spouse:Hortensia Flores

Teófilo Borunda Ortiz (February 4, 1912 in Satevó, Chihuahua – March 18, 2001 in Ciudad Juárez)[1] was a Mexican politician, member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, Governor of Chihuahua from 1956 to 1962, and was a senator and federal deputy.

The first public office that was chosen was that of municipal president of Juárez, from 1940 to 1941; he was also the founder of the National Confederation of Popular Organizations (CNOP) of the PRI in Ciudad Juarez at that time. Borunda served as federal deputy to the XXXIX legislature from 1943 to 1946; that same year he was designated as secretary general for Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada and then again served as federal deputy to the XLI legislature from 1949 to 1952. He was the President of the Chamber of Deputies in 1951.[2] In 1952 he was chosen to represent the state of Chihuahua as a senator for until 1958, and was president of the senate during this time.

Before finishing his term as senator, in 1956 he was nominated by PRI then he was elected as governor of Chihuahua until 1962, during his government the railroad Chihuahua to Pacific was finished and he completed the channeling of the Río Chuviscar in its section that crosses the city of Chihuahua.

After he finished his governorship period he was named Manager of the COVE and subsequently Ambassador of Mexico in Argentina.

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References

  1. Web site: Organización Editorial Mexicana.
  2. Book: Enciclopedia Política de México 9 Tomo V. . Senade de la República - Instituto Belisario Domínguez . 2010 .