Carlos María Abascal Carranza (June 14, 1949 – December 2, 2008) was a Mexican lawyer and the
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in the cabinet of
Vicente Fox
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. He is the son of the writer
Salvador Abascal
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, famous for his
synarchist ideas.
Biography
Carlos Abascal studied
law
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at
Escuela Libre de Derecho
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in
Mexico City
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, graduating in 1973 with a thesis entitled "Relations between Spiritual Power and Temporal Power", in which he stated, ''inter alia,'' that "democracy is a farce that has been used by Freemasons in Mexico... to make a confused and disoriented majority believe that its will is being done". He later pursued
business management
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studies at the
IPADE. For about thirty years he worked for
Afianzadora Insurgentes where he began as messenger and trainee in the legal area and ended as Director and
CEO
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. He retired from Afianzadora Insurgentes in August 2000.
Abascal has occupied different positions in private and social organizations. He has been president of the
Fundación para el Desarrollo Sostenible en México (FUNDES), president of
Vertebra
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, president of the
Movimiento Social y de Administración de Valores (AVAL), vice-president of the
Instituto Mexicano de Doctrina Social Cristiana (IMDOSOC), and president of the
Confederación Patronal de la República Mexicana (COPARMEX).
Abascal served in the
Legislative Assembly of the Federal District
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from 1994 to 1997. He then became one of
President
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Vicente Fox
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's key cabinet members. In 2000 Fox appointed Abascal as
Secretary of Labor
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. In 2005, following
Santiago Creel
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's resignation, Abascal was appointed
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* Secretary of the Interior (Mexico)
* Interior Secretary of Pakistan
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.
He was opposed to some birth control methods such as abortion and the contraceptive pill. He spoke out against "liberal" literature, including the novel ''
Aura'' by
Carlos Fuentes
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, which Abascal judged as inappropriate for his thirteen-year-old daughter and requested that her private school reconsider including in its curriculum.
Death
Abascal died of esophageal cancer on the morning of December 2, 2008.
Canonization
In 2009, various Catholic organizations asked the
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mexico
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to begin the process for the canonization of Abascal given his virtues and his ability to participate in politics without renouncing his Catholic values.
References
External links
Profile at Mexico's Presidency of the Republic site
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Escuela Libre de Derecho alumni
Deaths from cancer in Mexico
Deaths from stomach cancer
Members of the Congress of Mexico City
Mexican Secretaries of Labor
Mexican Secretaries of the Interior
Mexican people of Basque descent
Politicians from Mexico City
Academic staff of the Panamerican University
1949 births
2008 deaths
20th-century Mexican politicians
21st-century Mexican politicians