Pedro Joaquín Coldwell (born August 5, 1950 in

Cozumel Cozumel (; ) is an island and municipality in the Caribbean Sea off the eastern coast of Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula, opposite Playa del Carmen. It is separated from the mainland by the Cozumel Channel and is close to the Yucatán Channel. The ...

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) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the

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(PRI).

Personal life and education

Joaquín Coldwell studied law at the

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. He is the son of Nassin Joaquín Ibarra, a businessman from Cozumel. He is of Lebanesehttp://www.elperiodicodesaltillo.com/2013/2013%20abril/augusto2.html and English descent. His older sister is Addy Joaquín Coldwell, who is also active in political circles.

Political career

Joaquín Coldwell has occupied different positions within the PRI and in the public service. He has been director general of the ''Fondo Nacional para el Desarrollo Turístico'' (FONATUR) and general secretary of his party. From 1979 to 1980, he held a seat in the

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, representing Quintana Roo's First District. He served as

Governor of Quintana Roo The governors of the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, since statehood. Governors of the Free and Sovereign State of Quintana Roo since 1975 *Note: In 2001 Mario E. Villanueva was sentenced to prison due to corruption involving drugs, Mexican dr ...

from 1981 to 1987.

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appointed him Secretary of Tourism in 1990. Joaquín Coldwell succeeded Marco A. Bernal as Peace and Reconciliation Commissioner in Chiapas. In 1998 President

Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León (; born 27 December 1951) is a Mexican economist and politician. He was the 61st president of Mexico from 1994 to 2000, as the last of the uninterrupted 71-year line of Mexican presidents from the Institutional Re ...

appointed him Ambassador to

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. In the

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of July 2, 2006, he was elected to the

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for the PRI, representing the state of Quintana Roo.

References

1950 births Living people Governors of Quintana Roo Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) for Quintana Roo Mexican people of English descent Mexican people of Lebanese descent Secretaries of tourism of Mexico Institutional Revolutionary Party politicians People from Cozumel Secretaries of energy of Mexico 21st-century Mexican politicians Honorary Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire 20th-century Mexican politicians Universidad Iberoamericana alumni Members of the Congress of Quintana Roo Members of the Senate of the Republic (Mexico) for Quintana Roo {{Mexico-deputy-InstitutionalRevolutionary-1950s-stub