Jorge Arganis Díaz Leal (19 February 1943 – 24 May 2024) was a Mexican

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who served as the Secretary of Infrastructure, Communications and Transportation from 23 July 2020 until 15 November 2022.AMLO confirma salida de Jiménez Espriú de la SCT y nombra a Jorge Arganis
/ref> In October 2021, he was named in the

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leak.

Career

Arganis studied Civil Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering of the

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(UNAM). He obtained a diploma in Construction Administration (CMIC) and also had studies in Project Management and Business Development. In 1963, he began working at the General Directorate of Projects and Laboratories of the Secretariat of Public Works of the National Autonomous University of Mexico. In 1971 he joined

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as a technical advisor. From 1977 to 1997 he worked for Ingenieros Civiles Asociados (ICA). From 2002 to 2006 he was Director General of Public Works in the administration of

Andrés Manuel López Obrador Andrés Manuel López Obrador (; born 13 November 1953), also known by his initials AMLO, is a Mexican former politician, political scientist, public administrator and writer who served as the 65th president of Mexico from 2018 to 2024. He se ...

as Head of Government of the Federal District.Quién es Jorge Arganis Díaz Leal, el nuevo secretario de Comunicaciones y Transportes de México
/ref> He later served in President López Obrador's cabinet as the Secretary of Infrastructure, Communications and Transport from July 2020 to November 2022, before resigning because of poor health.

Death

Arganis died on 24 May 2024, at the age of 81.

References

1943 births 2024 deaths Mexican engineers Secretaries of communications and transportation of Mexico Cabinet of Andrés Manuel López Obrador 21st-century Mexican politicians People named in the Pandora Papers Politicians from Mexico City National Autonomous University of Mexico alumni {{Mexico-politician-stub