Carlos Flores Dueñas (born 1948 in
Colima)
is a Mexican
politician
A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a ...
of the
Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), who served as the acting governor of
Colima in November and December 2003. Both before and since serving as governor, he has also served as the state's Secretary of Education. He is a former teacher.
Teaching
Carlos Flores graduated from the Centro Regional de Educación Normal in
Ciudad Guzmán,
Jalisco
Jalisco (, , ; Nahuatl: Xalixco), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Jalisco ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Jalisco ; Nahuatl: Tlahtohcayotl Xalixco), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Federal En ...
and went on to earn a Master of Education degree from the
University of Colima
The University of Colima (in Spanish: ''Universidad de Colima'') is a Mexican public university with several campuses across the state of Colima, bordering the Pacific Ocean. It was created on September 16, 1940 by the President Lázaro Cárdenas ...
.
He has worked as a teacher at primary, intermediate and high school level in Jalisco and Colima states.
[ He specialized in teaching mathematics.][
He was secretary to the rector of the University of Colima (current Governor Fernando Moreno Peña) from 1988 to 1996.][
]
Politics
He has held a number of political posts, both in the state government and within the PRI, including acting as supervisor of secondary schools in Colima[ and his present position as Secretary of Education, which began during the governorship of ]Fernando Moreno Peña
Fernando is a Spanish and Portuguese given name and a surname common in Spain, Portugal, Italy, France, Switzerland, former Spanish or Portuguese colonies in Latin America, Africa, the Philippines, India, and Sri Lanka. It is equivalent to the G ...
in 1997.[
When Governor Moreno's term ended, the election results were annulled by the Federal Electoral Tribunal as a result of accusations that the governor had used his office to give excessive aid to the winner, PRI candidate ]Gustavo Vázquez Montes
Gustavo Alberto Vázquez Montes (August 16, 1962 – February 24, 2005) was a Mexican politician. At the time of his death he was serving as the Governor of Colima, representing the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).
Vázquez Montes wa ...
. Carlos Flores was then named interim governor by 15 votes to 10,[ new elections were held.][ Gustavo Vázquez prevailed a second time, and upon leaving the governorship on 31 December 2003, Carlos Flores returned to his old post as the state's Secretary of Education, which he continues to hold to this day.
]
Personal life
He is married to Esperanza.
References
See also
* List of Mexican state governors
*Governor of Colima
According to the Political Constitution of the Free and Sovereign State of Colima, the exercise of the Executive Power of this Mexican entity is placed in a single individual, called the Constitutional Governor of the Free and Sovereign State of ...
*2003 Colima state election
An election for governor was held in the Mexican state of Colima on 6 July 2003, simultaneously with federal congressional midterm elections. Gustavo Vázquez Montes of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) was initially declared the winner ...
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Living people
1948 births
Politicians from Colima
Governors of Colima
Institutional Revolutionary Party politicians
20th-century Mexican educators
21st-century Mexican educators
University of Colima alumni
21st-century Mexican politicians