José de las Fuentes Rodríguez (April 20, 1920 – October 8, 2011) was a Mexican

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and

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. He served as the Governor of

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from December 1, 1981, to November 1, 1987. De Las Fuentes received his

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from the

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in 1944. He later earned a

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. De las Fuentes began his career in

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at the National Company for Basic Commodities (Conasupo). He served as the

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of Coahuila from 1957 to 1963. He was elected to the

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for two terms, representing Coahuila's first district. He was the President of the Chamber of Deputies in 1968. He also taught as a professor at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. José de las Fuentes Rodríguez served as the governor of Coahuila from 1981 to 1987. He made access to new housing programs a priority of his administration. Several new facilities were also constructed in Coahuila during his tenure, including a new state government center and the major Coahuila convention center. José de las Fuentes Rodríguez died in

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, where he lived during his later years, on October 8, 2011, at the age of 91. He was survived by his children - Guadalupe, José, Arturo, and Fernando de las Fuentes Hernández. His wife, Elsa Hernández Salazar, died in 1984. The couple had met in Mexico City and

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. His funeral was held in

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, the capital of Coahuila.

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