Raymundo Cárdenas Hernández (born 3 February 1950) is a Mexican

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politician from

Zacatecas Zacatecas, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Zacatecas, is one of the Political divisions of Mexico, 31 states of Mexico. It is divided into Municipalities of Zacatecas, 58 municipalities and its capital city is Zacatecas City, Zacatec ...

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 has served in both chambers of

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Early life

Cárdenas was born on 3 February 1950 in

Villanueva, Zacatecas Villanueva is a city in the Mexican state of Zacatecas. It is the administrative seat of the municipality of Villanueva. Name Villanueva was founded on February 4, 1692, under the name ''Villagutierre del Águila''. Like many towns in Mexico, t ...

. He studied chemical engineering at the

Autonomous University of Zacatecas The Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas (UAZ) (Autonomous University of Zacatecas) is a Mexican public research university based in the city of Zacatecas, Zacatecas, but with several campuses across the state. It is considered both the most pres ...

, where he remained as a long-time professor.

Political career

Cárdenas joined the

Mexican Communist Party The Mexican Communist Party (, PCM) was a communist party in Mexico. It was founded in 1917 as the Socialist Workers' Party (, PSO) by Manabendra Nath Roy, a left-wing Indian revolutionary. The PSO changed its name to the ''Mexican Communist ...

(PCM) in the late 1970s, which merged into the

Unified Socialist Party of Mexico The Unified Socialist Party of Mexico (, PSUM) was a socialist political party in Mexico. It later became the Mexican Socialist Party () in 1988. History The PSUM was founded in November 1981 by the merger of four socialist parties: *The Mexican ...

(PSUM) in 1981. From 1983 to 1986 he served as local deputy in the

Congress of Zacatecas The Congress of the State of Zacatecas () is the legislative branch of the government of the List of states of Mexico, State of Zacatecas. The Congress is the governmental deliberative assembly, deliberative body of Zacatecas, which is equal to, ...

representing the PSUM, then from 1991 to 1994 he served again in the Congress of Zacatecas during its 55th session representing the PRD. In 2000 he was elected to serve in the

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during the 58th and 59th sessions of Congress (2000 to 2006). In the 2006 congressional election, he won a seat in the

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, representing the third district of Zacatecas.

References

1950 births Living people 20th-century Mexican politicians Senators of the LVIII and LIX Legislatures of Mexico Unified Socialist Party of Mexico politicians Party of the Democratic Revolution politicians Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) Members of the Congress of Zacatecas People from Villanueva, Zacatecas Politicians from Zacatecas Autonomous University of Zacatecas alumni Academic staff of the Autonomous University of Zacatecas {{Mexico-politician-DemocraticRevolution-stub