Enrique Martínez y Martínez
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Enrique Martinez y Martinez (born 10 November 1948 in Saltillo) is a
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politician affiliated with the
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. He has served as Mexico's Ambassador to Cuba since 2016. He previously served as
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from 2 December 1999 to 17 February 2005, day of your resignation. Martínez y Martínez received a bachelor's degree in economics from the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Studies. After graduation, he taught several courses in economics at the Autonomous University of Coahuila and at the Antonio Narro Autonomous Agricultural University (in Spanish: Universidad Autonoma Agraria Antonio Narro). He joined the private sector as president of ''Grupo Empresarial Martínez'', started his political career as
municipal president A ''presidente municipal'' (English: "municipal president") is the chief of government of municipios in Mexico. This title was also used in the Philippines under the Spanish and American colonization; it is comparable to a mayor of the town or cit ...
of Saltillo (1979–81) and has been elected twice to the
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: 1988–91, representing Coahuila's First District, and 1997–99, representing its Seventh District. In 1999, as the PRI candidate for governor, he defeated a coalition of four parties with 60% of the vote and started serving as governor of Coahuila on 1 December; his term expired on 1 December 2005, and he was succeeded by Humberto Moreira Valdés. During the early months of 2005 Martínez tried unsuccessfully to secure his party nomination for the 2006 presidential election. He is married to María Guadalupe Morales and has two sons and a daughter: Enrique, Eduardo and Ana Sofía.


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List of presidents of Saltillo Municipality The following is a list of presidents of Saltillo Municipality in the state of Coahuila, Mexico. The municipality includes the city of Saltillo. List of officials * Mauricio D. González, 1937-1938 * Pedro Cerda, 1939-1940 * Salvador Salaz ...


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Government of Coahuila: Enrique Martínez
1948 births Living people Ambassadors of Mexico to Cuba Mexican Secretaries of Agriculture Governors of Coahuila Politicians from Saltillo Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education alumni Institutional Revolutionary Party politicians 20th-century Mexican politicians 21st-century Mexican politicians Autonomous University of Coahuila faculty Municipal presidents in Coahuila {{Mexico-politician-InstitutionalRevolutionary-stub