Cuitláhuac García Jiménez (born 18 April 1968) is a

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politician affiliated with the

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(MORENA) who currently serves as

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. Previously, he represented

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's tenth district as a

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in the 63rd session of

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Early life and education

García was born in the Veracruz state capital of

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and received a degree in mechanical and electrical engineering from the

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in 1991, followed by master's degrees from the

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and the

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. In 2004, he obtained a doctoral degree from the

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. García has taught at the Escuela Normal Superior Veracruzana Doctor Manuel Suárez Trujillo and the Universidad Veracruzana.

Political career

García's first political experience was in the

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(PMS), where he became a follower of party leader

Heberto Castillo Heberto Castillo Martínez (August 23, 1928 – April 5, 1997) was a Mexican civil engineer, political activist and inventor of the tridilosa. Castillo was born in Ixhuatlán de Madero, Veracruz, and received a bachelor's degree in civil eng ...

. When the PMS was essentially replaced by the

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(PRD) in 1989, he remained with the party as a representative and national councilor. In 2013, he became one of MORENA's founding members. In 2015, García successfully ran for the

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for the 63rd Congress from Veracruz's tenth district, covering voters in Xalapa. He initially served on the Justice Commission, an assignment he left when he took leave from the federal legislature in order to run for

in 2016. Competing alone for MORENA, García garnered 26.39 percent of the vote, finishing third behind candidates Héctor Yunes Landa and winner

Miguel Ángel Yunes Linares Miguel Ángel Yunes Linares (born December 5, 1952) is a Mexican politician. He has served three terms in the Chamber of Deputies and was the governor of Veracruz from 2016 to 2018. Most recently he served for the space of a few hours as an alt ...

. After the failed gubernatorial bid, García returned to the Chamber of Deputies with just one secretarial commission post, on the Navy Commission. In order to align itself with the federal electoral calendar, Veracruz held gubernatorial elections again in 2018, with García running as the candidate for the

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coalition, headlined by MORENA. The 2018 gubernatorial bid bore fruit, with exit polls on election night putting him ahead of

Miguel Ángel Yunes Márquez Miguel Ángel Yunes Márquez (born 4 May 1976) is a Mexican politician. In the 2024 general election he was elected to the Senate for the state of Veracruz. Formerly affiliated with the National Action Party (PAN), he was expelled on 11 Septembe ...

, the son of Yunes Linares, and the other candidates in the race.

References

1968 births Living people Politicians from Veracruz People from Xalapa Morena (political party) politicians Instituto Politécnico Nacional alumni Alumni of the University of Manchester Governors of Veracruz Deputies of the LXIII Legislature of Mexico Universidad Veracruzana alumni Hamburg University of Technology alumni {{Mexico-politician-stub