Cuauhtémoc Sandoval Ramírez (14 August 195022 February 2012; age, 61) was a Mexican politician,

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and founding member of the

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(PRD). He was twice elected as a

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and once a

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. He served in the

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as Secretary of Foreign Relations, a member of the National Defense Committee and he is on the Population, Borders and Immigration Issues committee. Cuauhtémoc Sandoval Ramírez was the son of Pablo Sandoval Cruz, a distinguished politician in the State of Guerrero (Mexico). He had a degree in Social Anthropology, and was a founding member of the PRD.

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