José Guadarrama Márquez (born 16 December 1948) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the

Party of the Democratic Revolution The Party of the Democratic Revolution (, , PRD) is a state-level social democracy, social democratic political party in Mexico (previously national, until 2024). The PRD originated from the Democratic Current, a political faction formed in 198 ...

(PRD) who served in the

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from 1994 to 2000 and again from 2006 to 2012.

Career

Guadarrama is a professor who had a long and notable political career in the

State of Hidalgo Hidalgo, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Hidalgo, is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, constitute the 32 federal entities of Mexico. It is divided into 84 municipalities and its capital city is Pachuca de Soto. I ...

as an

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(PRI) member. He served as federal deputy from 1979 to 1982, for Hidalgo's fifth district, again from 1991 to 1994 for Hidalgo's second district and as a senator from 1994 to 2000. He has also occupied different position within the Government of Hidalgo. In 1999 he unsuccessfully tried to obtain the PRI candidacy for the gubernatorial elections but was defeated by Manuel Angel Núñez Soto. In 2005 he tried again but this time he was defeated by

Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong (; 5 August 1964) is a Mexican politician who served as the Secretary of the Interior in the cabinet of Enrique Peña Nieto. He was Governor of Hidalgo until April 2011. Early life Born in Pachuca, Hidalgo, Osorio ...

; then, following the primaries in Hidalgo, he left the PRI and ran for governor representing the PRD; he lost the election. In 2006 he ran for senator as the

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candidate; this time he won the election and was elected to serve during the LX and LXI Legislatures (2006–2012).

References

Living people Party of the Democratic Revolution politicians Members of the Senate of the Republic (Mexico) Institutional Revolutionary Party politicians 21st-century Mexican politicians Year of birth missing (living people) Deputies of the LI Legislature of Mexico Deputies of the LV Legislature of Mexico {{Mexico-deputy-InstitutionalRevolutionary-stub