Enrique González Pedrero (7 April 1930 – 6 September 2021) was a Mexican politician, diplomat, and writer. After a long-time militancy in the

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(PRI), he joined the

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(PRD) in 1995. González Pedrero was born in

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. He studied law at the

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(UNAM) and conducted post-graduate work in Paris. He was elected to the

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in 1970 and served as general secretary of the PRI in 1972–74. Between 1977 and 1982 he was responsible for the

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's nationwide free school textbook programme. In 1982 he was elected

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of his home state of Tabasco, taking office on 1 January 1983; he left the governorship in 1987 when

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called on him to head the PRI's Political, Economic and Social Studies Institute (IEEPS). In 1989 he was named director of the prestigious

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publishing house, leaving that position later that year to former president Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado and assuming the role of ambassador to Spain. Since joining the PRD in 1995 he served as a federal deputy for that party. He was also a close advisor to the 2006 presidential campaign of fellow Tabascan

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Publications

*''Filosofía política y humanismo'' (1957) *''La revolución cubana'' (1959) *''El gran viraje'' (1961) *''Riqueza de la pobreza'' (1970) *''La cuerda floja'' *''Las voces de la naturaleza'', in collaboration with his wife, Julieta Campos (1982) *''Una democracia de carne y hueso'' *''País de un solo hombre: el México de Santa Anna''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gonzalez Pedrero, Enrique 1930 births 2021 deaths Mexican male writers Politicians from Tabasco Writers from Tabasco People from Villahermosa Governors of Tabasco Presidents of the Senate of the Republic (Mexico) Institutional Revolutionary Party politicians Party of the Democratic Revolution politicians 20th-century Mexican politicians National Autonomous University of Mexico alumni