Patricio Chirinos Calero

Patricio Chirinos Calero
Governor of Veracruz
In office
1 December 1992 – 30 November 1998
Preceded byDante Delgado Rannauro
Succeeded byMiguel Alemán Velasco
Secretary of Urban Development and Ecology
In office
1988–1992
Preceded byGabino Fraga Mouret [es]
Succeeded byLuis Donaldo Colosio Murrieta
Federal deputy for Veracruz's 4th
In office
1973–1976
Preceded byMario Malpica Bernabé
Succeeded byManuel Gutiérrez Zamora Zamudio
Personal details
Born (1937-07-17) 17 July 1937 (age 89)
Pánuco, Veracruz, Mexico
PartyPRI
EducationUNAM
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionEconomist

Patricio Chirinos Calero (born 27 July 1937) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He has served in Congress and in the federal cabinet and was governor of Veracruz from 1992 to 1998.

Life and career

Patricio Chirinos Calero was born in Pánuco, Veracruz, on 27 July 1937. He joined the PRI in 1962 and earned a degree in economics from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in 1964 with a thesis titled "Economic Development and Social Change". He later taught at the UNAM's School for Foreigners (CEPE).

In the 1973 mid-terms, he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies to represent Veracruz's 4th district. In 1988, incoming president Carlos Salinas de Gortari selected him to serve as secretary of urban development and ecology in his cabinet.

On 2 August 1992, representing the PRI, he won the Veracruz gubernatorial election [es] with a 74% share of the popular vote, defeating Heberto Castillo of the newly formed Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD). He served a six-year term as governor from 1 December 1992 to 30 November 1998.

After the end of his term as governor, Chirinos withdrew from public life.

Family

Chirinos's parents were Antonio Chirinos Gea, who served several terms as municipal president of Pánuco, and Catalina Calero Valdez. He has been married twice.

Notes

  1. ↑ In this Mexican name, the surname is Chirinos and the second or maternal family name is Calero.
  2. ↑ Allegations claim that he was born in Tamuín, San Luis Potosí, and was therefore ineligible to serve as governor of Veracruz.

References

  1. ↑ "Legislatura 48" (PDF). Biblioteca Virtual (in Spanish). Cámara de Diputados. Retrieved 23 June 2026.
  2. ↑ "Legislatura 50" (PDF). Biblioteca Virtual (in Spanish). Cámara de Diputados. Retrieved 23 June 2026.
  3. ↑ "Chirinos gobernó Veracruz siendo potosino; Yunes fue su cómplice". Crónica Veracruz (in Spanish). 16 April 2024.
  4. ↑ "Veracruz ya tuvo un gobernador no nacido en el estado, ¿sabes quién es?". Diario del Istmo (in Spanish). 4 August 2022.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Camp, Roderic Ai (2011). Mexican Political Biographies, 1935–2009 (4th ed.). University of Texas Press. p. 209. ISBN 9780292726345.
  6. ↑ "Legislatura 49" (PDF). Biblioteca Virtual (in Spanish). Cámara de Diputados. Retrieved 23 June 2026.
  7. ↑ Ruiz Pérez, Andrés (November 2008). "Monografía política del Estado de Veracruz (1980–2008)" (PDF). El Colegio de México (in Spanish).
  8. ↑ "Patricio Chirinos Calero" (PDF) (in Spanish). Gobierno de Veracruz. Retrieved 23 June 2026.
  9. ↑ "Representa un caso atípico de la política mexicana… y llegó a 88". Crónica del Poder. 27 July 2025.