Carlos María Abascal Carranza (June 14, 1949 – December 2, 2008) was a Mexican lawyer and the

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in the cabinet of

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. He is the son of the writer

Salvador Abascal Salvador Abascal Infante (May 18, 1910 - March 30, 2000) was a Mexican politician and leading exponent of Mexican synarchism. For a time the leader of the National Synarchist Union (UNS), Abascal represented the orthodox Roman Catholic Church, Ca ...

, famous for his synarchist ideas.

Biography

Carlos Abascal studied

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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

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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

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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

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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

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from 1994 to 1997. He then became one of

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's key cabinet members. In 2000 Fox appointed Abascal as

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. In 2005, following

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's resignation, Abascal was appointed

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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 ''

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'' by

Carlos Fuentes Carlos Fuentes Macías (; ; November 11, 1928 – May 15, 2012) was a Mexican novelist and essayist. Among his works are ''The Death of Artemio Cruz'' (1962), '' Aura'' (1962), '' Terra Nostra'' (1975), ''The Old Gringo'' (1985) and ''Christophe ...

, 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

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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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