Fidel Herrera Beltrán | |
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57th Governor of Veracruz | |
In office 1 December 2004 – 30 November 2010 | |
Preceded by | Miguel Alemán Velasco |
Succeeded by | Javier Duarte de Ochoa |
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Born | Nopaltepec, Veracruz, Mexico | 7 March 1949
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Fidel Herrera Beltrán ( Nopaltepec, Veracruz, March 7, 1949) is a Mexican politician and former governor of the state of Veracruz. A member of Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), he was elected governor in 2004. [1] Prior to that, he was deputy in the XLIX Legislature for Cosamaloapan, LI Legislature for Pánuco, LV Legislature for Cosamaloapan and LVII Legislature for Boca del Río and a senator representing Veracruz in the LVIII Legislature. He is a lawyer by profession, having attended law school at UNAM. [2]
In 2013, Forbes magazine named Herrera as one of the 10 most corrupt Mexican politicians, citing his alleged links to the Los Zetas drug-trafficking cartel. [3]
Official Biography (Spanish): http://portal.veracruz.gob.mx/portal/page?_pageid=153,4200549&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL Archived 2009-03-21 at the Wayback Machine
Fidel Herrera Beltrán | |
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57th Governor of Veracruz | |
In office 1 December 2004 – 30 November 2010 | |
Preceded by | Miguel Alemán Velasco |
Succeeded by | Javier Duarte de Ochoa |
Personal details | |
Born | Nopaltepec, Veracruz, Mexico | 7 March 1949
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Profession |
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Fidel Herrera Beltrán ( Nopaltepec, Veracruz, March 7, 1949) is a Mexican politician and former governor of the state of Veracruz. A member of Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), he was elected governor in 2004. [1] Prior to that, he was deputy in the XLIX Legislature for Cosamaloapan, LI Legislature for Pánuco, LV Legislature for Cosamaloapan and LVII Legislature for Boca del Río and a senator representing Veracruz in the LVIII Legislature. He is a lawyer by profession, having attended law school at UNAM. [2]
In 2013, Forbes magazine named Herrera as one of the 10 most corrupt Mexican politicians, citing his alleged links to the Los Zetas drug-trafficking cartel. [3]
Official Biography (Spanish): http://portal.veracruz.gob.mx/portal/page?_pageid=153,4200549&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL Archived 2009-03-21 at the Wayback Machine