Víctor Bravo Ahuja Explained

Víctor Bravo Ahuja
Office:Secretary of Public Education of Mexico
Term Start:1 December 1970
Term End:30 November 1976 [1]
President:Luis Echeverría
Predecessor:Agustín Yañez
Successor:Porfirio Muñoz Ledo
Office2:Governor of Oaxaca
Term Start2:1 December 1968
Term End2:30 November 1970
Predecessor2:Rodolfo Brena Torres
Successor2:Fernando Gómez Sandoval
Office3:Director General/Rector of the Monterrey Institute of Technology*
Term Start3:1951
Term End3:1958
Predecessor3:Roberto Guajardo Suárez
Successor3:Fernando García Roel
Birth Date:20 February 1918
Birth Place:Tuxtepec, Oaxaca, Mexico
Death Date:2 September 1990 (aged 72) [2]
Death Place:Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
Party:Revolutionary Institutional Party (PRI)
Alma Mater:National Polytechnic Institute
University of Michigan
Profession:Academic and politician
Footnotes:

Víctor Bravo Ahuja (20 February 1918 – 2 September 1990) was a Mexican politician and academician who served as Secretary of Public Education in the administration of Luis Echeverría (1970–76), as Governor of Oaxaca (1968–70) and as Director General (1951–55) and then Rector (1955–58) of the Monterrey Institute of Technology (ITESM).

He was born into a family composed by Rodrigo Bravo Monsalve and Carmen Ahuja Beauregard and became one of the first four students to graduate with a bachelor's degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the National Polytechnic Institute. He interrupted his master's degree at the California Institute of Technology, served in the Mexican Air Force[3] and completed his master's degree at the University of Michigan.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Víctor Bravo Ahuja: Un tuxtepecano como ninguno. 2008-09-03. El Tuxtepecano. es. 2008-10-11.
  2. Web site: Bravo Ahuja, Víctor. Diccionario de Historia de la Educación en México. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. es. 2009-07-29.
  3. Book: Basáñez, Miguel. La composición del poder: Oaxaca 1968-1984. Instituto Nacional de Administración Pública. Mexico City. 1987. 21. 978-968-6080-05-6. 19065244. es.