Fernando Ortiz Arana (born October 26, 1944 in

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) is a

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politician and long serving legislator affiliated with the

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(PRI). Ortiz Arana is the son of José Ortiz Antañana, a real estate agent, and Virginia Arana Morán. He graduated from the

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in 1967 with a bachelor's degree in law. He joined the Institutional Revolutionary Party in 1963 and chaired it in the late 1990s. He has also served three terms as a federal congressman, as the

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in 1991, one term as a senator and has run unsuccessfully for governor in 1997 and in 2003.

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Source: ''Diccionario biográfico del gobierno mexicano'', Ed. Fondo de Cultura Económica, Mexico, 1992. 1944 births Living people Members of the Senate of the Republic (Mexico) Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) Presidents of the Senate of the Republic (Mexico) Mexican people of Basque descent Autonomous University of Queretaro alumni Presidents of the Institutional Revolutionary Party Politicians from Querétaro 21st-century Mexican politicians People from Querétaro City 20th-century Mexican politicians {{Mexico-deputy-InstitutionalRevolutionary-1940s-stub