Emilio Zebadúa González (January 13, 1961 - ) is a Mexican politician who served as ''Consejero Electoral'' of the Federal Electoral Institute (IFE).

Personal life and education

Zebadúa studied law at the

National Autonomous University of Mexico The National Autonomous University of Mexico ( es, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM) is a public research university in Mexico. It is consistently ranked as one of the best universities in Latin America, where it's also the bigges ...

(UNAM)) and received a

bachelor's degree A bachelor's degree (from Middle Latin ''baccalaureus'') or baccalaureate (from Modern Latin ''baccalaureatus'') is an undergraduate academic degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to six ...

economics Economics () is the social science that studies the Production (economics), production, distribution (economics), distribution, and Consumption (economics), consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and intera ...

from the

Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México The Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (Mexico Autonomous Institute of Technology), commonly known as ITAM, is a private university. It is one of Mexico's most important institutions of higher learning; highly prestigious in the social sc ...

(ITAM). He also holds a

doctorate A doctorate (from Latin ''docere'', "to teach"), doctor's degree (from Latin ''doctor'', "teacher"), or doctoral degree is an academic degree awarded by universities and some other educational institutions, derived from the ancient formalism ''l ...

political science Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated constitutions and la ...

from the

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher le ...

Political career

In 1996 he was designated ''Consejero Electoral'' of the Federal Electoral Institute (IFE) but left that position in 2000 after Governor

Pablo Salazar Mendiguchía Pablo Salazar Mendiguchía (born 9 August 1954) is a Mexican politician. He served as Governor of Chiapas from 2000 to 2006. Early life Salazar was born in Soyaló, Chiapas. He was the son of rural teachers. At age 17 he enrolled in the Au ...

invited him to become a member of his cabinet in

Chiapas Chiapas (; Tzotzil language, Tzotzil and Tzeltal language, Tzeltal: ''Chyapas'' ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Chiapas ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Chiapas), is one of the states that make up the Political divisions of Mexico, ...

. In 2003 Zebadúa was elected to serve in the

Chamber of Deputies The chamber of deputies is the lower house in many bicameral legislatures and the sole house in some unicameral legislatures. Description Historically, French Chamber of Deputies was the lower house of the French Parliament during the Bourbon R ...

representing a district in the state of Chiapas. In 2006 he unsuccessfully tried to obtain the

Party of the Democratic Revolution The Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD, es, Partido de la Revolución Democrática, ) is a social democratic political party in Mexico. The PRD originated from the Democratic Current, a political faction formed in 1986 from the Institut ...

(PRD) candidacy to the Chiapas gubernatorial elections to be held on August 20, 2006. Unable to secure the PRD ticket, he was ultimately selected as the candidate of the

New Alliance Party The New Alliance Party (NAP) was an American political party formed in New York City in 1979. Its immediate precursor was an umbrella organization known as the Labor Community Alliance for Change, whose member groups included the Coalition of G ...

; however, ten days before the election, he called on New Alliance supporters to vote for the PRI-

PVEM The Ecological Green Party of Mexico ( es, Partido Verde Ecologista de México, , PVEM or PVE) is a green-conservative political party in Mexico. In the 2012 legislative elections, the party took 34 seats in the Chamber of Deputies (out of 500 ...

coalition candidate

José Antonio Aguilar Bodegas José Antonio Aguilar Bodegas (born 28 December 1949) is a Mexican politician and member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party. He was candidate of the ''Allianza por Chiapas'' (PRI-PVEM coalition) for governor of Chiapas. José Antonio Aguil ...

instead, in a last-ditch attempt to prevent the PRD from winning. He was mentioned as a main operative in the
Estafa Maestra
affair. He was the Chief Administrative Officer of the Department of Agrarian, Territorial and Urban Development, where Ms. Rosario Robles was Secretary. The affair involved major falsification of documents to obtain payments in federal contracts. Ms. Robles was indicted.Ureste Cava, Manuel, Miriam Castillo Moya and Nayeli Roldan Sanchez. La Estafa Maestra. Graduados En Desaparecer El Dinero Público. Ciudad de México, Temas e Hoy, 2018. .

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1961 births Living people Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) for Chiapas National Autonomous University of Mexico alumni Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México alumni Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences alumni Party of the Democratic Revolution politicians Deputies of the LIX Legislature of Mexico {{Mexico-politician-DemocraticRevolution-stub