Carlos Jongitud Barrios (November 4, 1924 – November 22, 2011) was a controversial

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union leader and governor of San Luis Potosí (1979–1985). For decades he was generally portrayed by the Mexican press as a gangsterish, ''de facto'' leader of the national teachers' union (in Spanish: ''Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de la Educación, SNTE''). Jongitud Barrios was born at Coxcatlán,

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, the son of Atanasio Jongitud Álvarez, a farmer. His mother was an elementary school teacher. He graduated as an elementary school teacher from the ''Escuela Normal'' in

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, and received a bachelor's degree in law from the

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. Jongitud joined the

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(PRI) in 1942, representing it twice in the

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and once in the

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. He also served as general director of the

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(ISSSTE) from 1976 until 1979.

References

*''Diccionario biográfico del gobierno mexicano'', Ed. Fondo de Cultura Económica, Mexico, 1992. 1924 births 2011 deaths Governors of San Luis Potosí Mexican trade unionists Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) Members of the Senate of the Republic (Mexico) Institutional Revolutionary Party politicians National Autonomous University of Mexico alumni Politicians from San Luis Potosí 20th-century Mexican politicians {{worker-activist-stub