Patricio Martínez García (born March 17, 1948

Chihuahua, Chihuahua The city of Chihuahua or Chihuahua City ( ; Lipan language, Lipan: ) is the state capital of the Mexican state of Chihuahua (state), Chihuahua. , the city of Chihuahua had a population of 925,762 inhabitants. while the metropolitan area had a popu ...

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) is a Mexican

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and member of the

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(PRI). Martínez served as the

governor of Chihuahua According to the Political Constitution of the Free and Sovereign State of Chihuahua, Executive Power in that Mexican state resides with a single individual, the Constitutional Governor of the Free and Sovereign State of Chihuahua, who is chose ...

from 1998 until 2004. Martinez was born in the city of Chihuahua. He is married to Patricia Aguirre Rodríguez, and has four children: Patricia, Patricio, César Iván, and Elisa Ivonne. He graduated from the

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. He began working as a professor of

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at the Autonomous University of Chihuahua in 1971. Martinez became the chairman of the Business Coordinating Council of Chihuahua in 1991. Martinez served as the

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of Administration for the state of Chihuahua from 1991 to 1992. He was elected mayor of the city of Chihuahua, holding the office from 1992 to 1995. He was further elected to the

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in 1997, where he represented Chihuahua's sixth district during the 57th session of

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Martinez Garcia, Patricio Living people 1948 births Governors of Chihuahua (state) Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) for Chihuahua (state) Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education alumni Politicians from Chihuahua City Institutional Revolutionary Party politicians Municipal presidents of Chihuahua Deputies of the LVII Legislature of Mexico Members of the Senate of the Republic (Mexico) for Chihuahua (state) Senators of the LXII and LXIII Legislatures of Mexico