Ricardo García Sainz Lavista (9 June 1930 – 23 August 2015) was a Mexican politician and administrator. He was director of the

Mexican Social Security Institute The Mexican Institute of Social Security ( es, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, IMSS) is a governmental organization that assists public health, pensions and social security in Mexico operating under the Secretariat of Health. It also form ...

between 1982 and 1991. He served in the

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for the

Party of the Democratic Revolution The Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD, es, Partido de la Revolución Democrática, ) is a social democratic political party in Mexico. The PRD originated from the Democratic Current, a political faction formed in 1986 from the Institut ...

between 1997 and 2000 as part of the

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Career

García Sainz was born on 9 June 1930. He studied law at the

National Autonomous University of Mexico The National Autonomous University of Mexico ( es, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM) is a public research university in Mexico. It is consistently ranked as one of the best universities in Latin America, where it's also the bigges ...

. He was member of the

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 ...

between 1953 and 1993. He was director of the

between 1982 and 1991. García Sainz was a federal deputy for the

between 1997 and 2000 as part of the

. He died on 23 August 2015, aged 85, after having suffered from heart problems for several weeks.

References

External links

Profile on SIL
1930 births 2015 deaths Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) National Autonomous University of Mexico alumni Party of the Democratic Revolution politicians {{Mexico-politician-DemocraticRevolution-stub