José Ramírez Gamero (12 June 1938 – 7 July 2022) was a Mexican politician, member of

Institutional Revolutionary Party The Institutional Revolutionary Party ( es, Partido Revolucionario Institucional, ; abbr. PRI) is a political party in Mexico that was founded in 1929 and held uninterrupted power in the country for 71 years, from 1929 to 2000, first as the Nati ...

, who was

Governor of Durango Under the Political Constitution of the Free and Sovereign State of Durango, the exercise of the Executive authority of this Mexican government unit is reserved for an individual known as the Constitutional Governor of the Free and Sovereign Stat ...

from 1986 to 1992. Jose Ramirez Gamero was son of Antonio Ramirez, leader of the Workers Federation of the State of Durango until his death, like his father, Ramirez Gamero made his political trajectory within the

Confederation of Mexican Workers The Confederation of Mexican Workers (''Confederación de Trabajadores de México'' (CTM)) is the largest confederation of labor unions in Mexico. For many years, it was one of the essential pillars of the Partido Revolucionario Institucional ( ...

(CTM). From 1976 to 1979 he represented

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's L and IV Legislature of Durango and from 2000 to 2003 represented LVIII Legislature. He was elected twice as

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and twice represented Durango from 1982 to 1988 and from 1997 to 2000. He was in addition member to the National Executive Committee of the CTM, where he occupied several secretariats.

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1938 births 2022 deaths Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) for Durango Members of the Senate of the Republic (Mexico) for Durango Presidents of the Senate of the Republic (Mexico) Institutional Revolutionary Party politicians Governors of Durango 20th-century Mexican politicians Politicians from Durango People from Durango City Deputies of the L Legislature of Mexico Deputies of the LVIII Legislature of Mexico {{Mexico-deputy-InstitutionalRevolutionary-stub