Luis M. Farías (7 June 1920 – 3 April 1999) was a

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politician affiliated with the PRI who served as

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from 1971 to 1973 and Mayor of Monterrey from 1986 to 1988. He served as a

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in the XLIII, XLVII and LI Legislatures, representing electoral districts in both the

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and

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. He was the

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in 1969 and 1981. He was an officer of the

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(France) and a grand cross of the Order of Merit of the German Republic.

External links

Los Grandes Gobernadores de Nuevo León. Luis M. Farías, tercera parte

References

1920 births 1999 deaths Politicians from Monterrey Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) Institutional Revolutionary Party politicians 20th-century Mexican politicians Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) for Mexico City Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) for Nuevo León Deputies of the XLIII Legislature of Mexico Deputies of the XLVII Legislature of Mexico Deputies of the LI Legislature of Mexico Municipal presidents of Monterrey {{Mexico-deputy-InstitutionalRevolutionary-1920s-stub