Jorge Herrera Delgado Explained

Jorge Herrera Delgado
Birth Date:1961 8, df=yes
Birth Place:Durango, Durango, Mexico
Death Place:Durango, Mexico
Office:Chamber of Deputies
LXII Legislature of the Mexican Congress
Term Start:1 September 2012
Term End:24 November 2014
Preceded:Pedro Ávila Nevárez
Successor:Eduardo Solís Nogueira
Office2:Mayor of Durango
Term Start2:2004
Term End2:2007
Preceded2:José Rosas Aispuro
Successor2:Jorge Herrera Caldera
Alma Mater:Durango Institute of Technology
Occupation:Politician
Spouse:Blanca Estela Castro de Herrera

Jorge Herrera Delgado (16 August 1961 – 24 November 2014) was a Mexican politician. A graduate in industrial engineering from the Durango Institute of Technology (ITD), he was a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party. He founded the radio station XHITD-FM Estéreo Tecnológico in Durango. He was Mayor of Durango from 2004 to 2007 and a two-time deputy in the Durango state congress. He was designated by Governor Jorge Herrera Caldera to head the Durango Department of Education from 15 September 2010 to 7 February 2012.[1] [2]

He was elected to represent the fourth district of Durango in the LXII Legislature of the Mexican Congress (2012–2015). He belonged to following legislative commissions: Urban Development and Territorial Regulation (President), Treasury and Public Expenditure (Secretary), Public Education and Educative Service.

From 15 April, he was a delegate on the Executive National Committee of the PRI in Sonora.

Delgado died on 24 November 2014 from pancreatic cancer at the age of 53.[3] He was replaced by his alternate deputy, Eduardo Solís Nogueira.

Prizes

First Prize of Information Access in the category to Government Employees by Konrad-Adenaur Stiftung (KAS) Foundation and Libertad de Información, A. C. (LIMAC) in 2005.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nombra Herrera Caldera a su gabinete. Government of State of Durango. 19 December 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20121124235043/http://www.durango.gob.mx/es/publicaciones/Nombra_Herrera_Caldera_a_su_Gabinete. 24 November 2012.
  2. Web site: Perfil: Dip. Jorge Herrera Delgado, LXII Legislatura . . Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL) . 30 June 2024.
  3. News: Fallece el diputado Jorge Herrera Delgado. Ayala. Silvia. 24 November 2014. Milenio. 24 November 2014.