Fernando Gutiérrez Barrios (October 26, 1927 – October 30, 2000) was a Mexican politician affiliated with the

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(PRI). He was in charge of the

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secret police at the midst of the "

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" (1964–1970), and served as

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(1986–1988) and as

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in the cabinet of President

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. Gutiérrez Barrios was born in

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. His parents were Fernando Gutiérrez Ferrer and Ana María Barrios. He graduated from the '' Colegio Militar'' military academy in 1947 and joined the Institutional Revolutionary Party in 1950. In the 2000 general election, voters in Veracruz elected Gutiérrez Barrios to the

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for the 58th and 59th sessions of

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. He took the oath of office on September 1, 2000, but died around two months later, on October 30. He was replaced by his alternate, Noemí Zoila Guzmán Lagunes.

References

*''Diccionario biográfico del gobierno mexicano'', Ed. Fondo de Cultura Económica, Mexico City, 1992

External links

''The Guardian'': Fernando Gutiérrez Barrios obituary
1927 births 2000 deaths Governors of Veracruz Institutional Revolutionary Party politicians Secretaries of the interior of Mexico Politicians from Veracruz (city) Senators of the LVIII and LIX Legislatures of Mexico 20th-century Mexican politicians {{Mexico-politician-InstitutionalRevolutionary-stub