Gerardo Sosa Castelán (born 26 July 1955) is a Mexican lawyer and politician formerly affiliated with the

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(PRI). He has served as a federal deputy on two occasions: during the 58th Congress (2000–2003) for

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's fourth district, and during the 60th Congress (2006–2009) as a plurinominal deputy for the fifth electoral region. He previously served in the Congress of Hidalgo from 1981 to 1984 and, from 1991 to 1998, he was the rector of the Autonomous University of the State of Hidalgo (UAEH). He resigned his membership in the PRI in 2018. On 31 August 2020 he was arrested in Mexico City on a warrant for embezzlement and money laundering.

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1955 births Living people Institutional Revolutionary Party politicians Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo alumni 20th-century Mexican politicians Members of the Congress of Hidalgo Deputies of the LX Legislature of Mexico Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) for Hidalgo (state) {{Mexico-deputy-InstitutionalRevolutionary-1950s-stub