Rogelio Martínez Santillán
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Rogelio Martínez Santillán (June 1960 – November 2017) was a Mexican educator, trade unionist and politician. He served in the XI Legislature of the
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from 2005 to 2008 as a member of the
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(PRD).


Biography

Martínez was born in June 1960 in
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,
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. After graduating from the La Paz Urban Normal School in 1981, he worked as a teacher and got involved in the teachers' union. Martínez entered the public service as the director of civic participation in his native
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. He then served as the
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of La Paz Municipality from 1996 to 1999 before serving as the director of public security and municipal transit. Martínez subsequently joined the administration of the
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, serving as ''Oficial Mayor'' for a three-year period. In 2005, Martínez won a seat in the XI Legislature of the
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representing the 3rd district. He earned 42.9 percent of the vote, while his closest challenger, Blanca Esthela Meza Torres, finished with 30.5 percent. Martínez served his full three-year term and presided over the ''Gran Comisión''. However, he was accused of misappropriating more than MXN$8 million by former Governor
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. In 2010, Martínez was named the director general of the ''Colegios de Bachilleres'' (COBACH) by Governor Narciso Agúndez Montaño. He died in November 2017 and was honored at a session of the state congress a few days afterward.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Martinez Santillan, Rogelio 1960 births 2017 deaths Party of the Democratic Revolution politicians Members of the Congress of Baja California Sur Mexican trade unionists 20th-century Mexican educators 21st-century Mexican politicians Politicians from Baja California Sur People from Ciudad Constitución