Germán Martínez Cázares (born June 20, 1967 in Quiroga, Michoacán) is a Mexican politician and lawyer. He was a member of the National Action Party. Martínez Cázares holds a degree in law from the Universidad La Salle. Has a Specialty in

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and

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from the ''Center for Political and Constitutional Studies'' (Madrid). Pursued Doctoral Studies in Constitutional Law at the Universidad Complutense. He has given lectures on law and politics at

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 high ...

and various Mexican universities. Has also taught law at the

Universidad Anáhuac The Anahuac University Network is a private universities system grouped and administered by the religious congregation of the Legion of Christ. The network is composed of several universities, some with different names and educational approaches. ...

His career

* Federal Deputy during the 57th Session (1997–2000), where he was President of the Population Commission and member of COCOPA. * Federal Deputy during the 59th Session (2003–2006) where he was Assistant Coordinator for the National Action Party Parliamentary Group, member of the Commissions for Constitutional Points and Culture and the Committee for the Center for Legal Studies and Parliamentary Research and the Group of Friendship between Mexico and Spain. * Within the National Action Party, he has been a member of the National Executive Committee, Secretary of Party Studies and Director General of the ''Rafael Preciado Hernández Foundation''. * He has written for several publications, include the '' El Economista ''newspaper and a weekly journal called ''Proceso''. He has coauthored a selection of texts on Carlos Castillo Peraza, published by

Fondo de Cultura Económica Fondo de Cultura Económica (FCE or simply "Fondo") is a Spanish language, non-profit publishing group, partly funded by the Mexican government. It is based in Mexico but it has subsidiaries throughout the Spanish-speaking world. It was founded in ...

. * He represented the National Action Party in the General Council of the Federal Electoral Institute in the 2000 and 2006 electoral processes. * Member of president elect Felipe Calderón's transition team. * 2007: Elected as the 19th party president. He resigned on July 6, 2009 because of the electoral defeat of his party in the

2009 Mexican elections A number of elections, both federal and local, were scheduled to take place in Mexico during 2009. 2009 Legislative elections In 2009 there was a number of elections going on in Mexico. This included elections from Local governments all the way ...

. * Legal director before the ''Consejo General del Instituto Federal Electoral'' (Federal Election Commission). * December 3, 2018: General Director of the Mexican Social Security Institute. On May 21, 2019, Martínez Cázares resigned, complaining of a lack of resources and blaming it on the austerity budget of the Department of Treasury (''Hacienda''). On May 22, he requested to be reinstated in the

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References

External links

National Action Party website

''Proceso'' magazine article
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