Alfonso Lastras Ramírez (November 30, 1924 – December 25, 1999) was a Mexican

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and

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. He was born in the city of

San Luis Potosí San Luis Potosí (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of San Luis Potosí ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de San Luis Potosí), is one of the 32 states which compose the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 58 municipalities and i ...

to a Spanish father and Mexican mother. His elementary studies were made at the ''Instituto Potosino''. During the course of these studies he was invited by the ''maristas'' to study in France. He accepted their offer but at the outbreak of

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decided to return to Mexico in the Orinoco Ship. His middle and high school studies were done at the

Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí The Autonomous University of San Luis Potosí (in es, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, UASLP) is a public university in Mexico. It is the largest, oldest, and most comprehensive university in the state of San Luis Potosí, as well as ...

( UASLP), where he became the president of the Student Association. Afterwards he joined the Law School of the university where he also served as the president of the ''Federacion Universitaria Potosina''. He received his

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on April 7, 1952. He was a ''Agente del Ministerio Publico'' (court prosecutor) and secretary of the criminal section of the District Court. He joined the faculty of the Law, Economics and Commerce School of the UASLP. In politics, he was a member of San Luis Potosí's state congress for the ''XLIX Legislatura'', and served as a consultant to the state government. The Lic. Roberto Leyva Torres, then ''rector'' of the UASLP (equivalent to the president of a university) recalled him to become the Auxiliary Secretary of the ''Rectoria'' of the UASLP. Lastras Ramírez returned to politics as a member of the Federal Chamber of Deputiesfor the ''LII Legislatura''. Then he was head of the legal department of the UASLP. He received the title of Faculty Emeritus. He was ''Procurador de Justicia'' (

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) and then General Government Secretary for the state of

under governor Antonio Rocha Cordero. On September 20, 1986, he was elected rector of the UASLP to replace José de Jesús Rodríguez Martínez, a position in which he served until January 4, 1995.

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* http://www.uaslp.mx 1924 births 1999 deaths Mexican people of Spanish descent People from San Luis Potosí City Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) Heads of universities and colleges in Mexico Deputies of the LII Legislature of Mexico {{Mexico-academic-bio-stub