Francisco Labastida

Francisco Labastida
Secretary of the Interior
In office 3 January 1998 – 21 May 1999
President	Ernesto Zedillo
Preceded by	Emilio Chuayffet
Succeeded by	Diódoro Carrasco Altamirano
Governor of Sinaloa
In office 1 January 1987 – 31 December 1992
Preceded by	Antonio Toledo Corro
Succeeded by	Renato Vega Alvarado
Personal details
Born	Francisco Labastida Ochoa August 14, 1942 Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico
Political party	PRI
Parents	Gloria Ochoa de Labastida Dr. Eduardo Labastida Kofahl

Francisco Labastida Ochoa (Spanish pronunciation: [fɾanˈsisko laβasˈtiða]; born August 14, 1942) is a Mexican economist and politician affiliated to the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), who became the first presidential candidate of his party to lose a presidential election, which he did in the 2000 presidential election to Vicente Fox.

Labastida was born to Gloria Ochoa de Labastida and Dr. Eduardo Labastida Kofahl. His wife, Dr. Teresa Uriarte, was director of UNAM's Institute of Aesthetics Research. His great-grandfather fought on the side of Former Mexican President Benito Juárez in the War of Reform, and his grandfather was Governor of Sinaloa as well as federal deputy.

Just like his grandfather, Labastida served as governor of Sinaloa (1987–1992), defeating Manuel Clouthier of the National Action Party. During and after his tenure as governor, Labastida was accused of protecting Sinaloan drug traffickers and overlooking their criminal activities.^[1]

Labastida was Secretary of Energy during the administration of Miguel de la Madrid. He was also Secretary of Agriculture and Secretary of the Interior during the administration of Ernesto Zedillo.

After losing the 2000 presidential election, he served as president of the Centro de Estudios para el Desarrollo de México. In the 2006 general election, he was elected to the Senate for the PRI, representing Sinaloa.^[2]

Publications

• Las Razones de la Política
• Planeación para el Desarrollo

Awards

• National Order of Merit Grand Officer, of the government of France
• The Great Cross of Brazil
• Medal of the Mexican Supreme Court

References

1. Gertz, Bill (5 February 1998). "CIA Links Mexico's Interior Minister To Drug Lords". The Washington Times. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
2. Labastida profile at the Senate

External links

• (Spanish) 2000 Campaign site at the Wayback Machine (archived October 27, 2009)