José Murat Casab (; born October 18, 1947) is a Mexican

politician A politician is a person who participates in Public policy, policy-making processes, usually holding an elective position in government. Politicians represent the people, make decisions, and influence the formulation of public policy. The roles ...

and a member of the

Institutional Revolutionary Party The Institutional Revolutionary Party (, , PRI) is a List of political parties in Mexico, political party in Mexico that was founded in 1929 as the National Revolutionary Party (, PNR), then as the Party of the Mexican Revolution (, PRM) and fin ...

. He was Governor of Oaxaca and is a Diputado Federal elected from the ranks of Alliance for Mexico of

Ecologist Green Party of Mexico The Ecologist Green Party of Mexico (, , PVEM or PVE) is a green political party in Mexico. Founded in 1986, the party is associated with Jorge González Torres and his son Jorge Emilio González Martínez. It has seldom gotten more than 10% of ...

. He is of Assyrian descent, born to a

Chaldean Catholic The Chaldean Catholic Church is an Eastern Catholic particular church ('' sui iuris'') in full communion with the Holy See and the rest of the Catholic Church, and is headed by the Chaldean Patriarchate. Employing in its liturgy the East Syri ...

family from the village of Tel Keppe, Iraq.José Murat Casab:Son of Iraqi immigrants
/ref> Murat was a controversial governor but a competent political speaker. After he assumed office on December 1, 1998 a series of scandals tarnished the governor's office. He participated in the important negotiations that led to the implementation of the Pact for Mexico and was appointed to be part of the Governing Council of the Pact for Mexico.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Murat Casab, Jose 1949 births Governors of Oaxaca Mexican politicians of Assyrian descent People from Ixtepec, Oaxaca Living people Members of the Senate of the Republic (Mexico) Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) Mexican people of Iraqi descent National Autonomous University of Mexico alumni Mexican people of Assyrian descent Deputies of the XLIX Legislature of Mexico Deputies of the LI Legislature of Mexico Deputies of the LIV Legislature of Mexico Deputies of the LX Legislature of Mexico