Javier García Paniagua (February 13, 1935 – November 25, 1998) was a Mexican politician who served as
president of the Institutional Revolutionary Party
The president of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), formally referred to as the President of the National Executive Committee of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, holds the highest leadership position within the party. The current pr ...
(PRI) in 1981 and held positions in the cabinet of President
José López Portillo
José Guillermo Abel López Portillo y Pacheco (; 16 June 1920 – 17 February 2004) was a Mexican writer, lawyer, and politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) who served as the 58th president of Mexico from 1976 ...
as
Secretary of Agrarian Reform and
Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare.
His name was frequently mentioned among the possible candidates to serve as President of Mexico for the 1982–88 term, but ultimately López Portillo chose
Miguel de la Madrid
Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado (; 12 December 1934 – 1 April 2012) was a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) who served as the 59th president of Mexico from 1982 to 1988.
Inheriting a severe economic an ...
to contend for the PRI in the
1982 general election.
He died in his native
Jalisco
Jalisco, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Jalisco, is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. It is located in western Mexico and is bordered by s ...
on November 25, 1998.
Family
His father was . He married
, born María Harfuch Hidalgo. He was the father of
Omar García Harfuch
Omar Hamid García Harfuch (born 25 February 1982) is a Mexican politician, public official, and former police officer. A member of the National Regeneration Movement (Morena), he has served as Secretary of Security and Civilian Protection in t ...
, the
Secretary of Security and Civilian Protection in the cabinet of President
Claudia Sheinbaum
Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo (born 24 June 1962) is a Mexican politician, energy and climate change scientist, and academic who has served as the 66th president of Mexico since 2024. She is the List of elected and appointed female heads of state and ...
.
References
Politicians from Jalisco
1935 births
1998 deaths
Secretaries of the agrarian reform of Mexico
Institutional Revolutionary Party politicians
20th-century Mexican politicians
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