Eloy Cantú Segovia

Eloy Cantú Segovia^[a] (born 24 September 1952) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).

Eloy Cantú Segovia
President of the Senate of Mexico
In office 1 September 1995 – 30 September 1995
Preceded by	Martha Lara Alatorre
Succeeded by	Eugenio Ruiz Orozco
Senator for Nuevo León
In office 1 September 2006 – 31 August 2012
Preceded by	Rubén Zarazúa Rocha
Succeeded by	Raúl Gracia Guzmán
In office 1 November 1994 – 31 August 2000
Succeeded by	Adalberto Madero
Member of the Chamber of Deputies for Nuevo León's 5th district
In office 1 September 2000 – 31 August 2003
Preceded by	Juan Manuel Parás González
Succeeded by	Marcela Guerra Castillo
Member of the Chamber of Deputies for Nuevo León's 7th district
In office 1 November 1991 – 31 October 1994
Preceded by	Ismael Garza T. González
Succeeded by	Dante Decanini Livas
Personal details
Born	(1952-09-24) 24 September 1952 (age 72) Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
Political party	PRI
Occupation	Politician

Cantú Segovia was born in Monterrey, Nuevo León, in 1952 and has been an active member of the PRI in 1971. He holds degrees in law (Universidad de Monterrey, 1975) and economics (Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, 1975), and a doctorate in constitutional law from the University of Paris II.^[1]

He has been elected to the Chamber of Deputies three times: in the 1991 mid-terms, for Nuevo León's 7th district;^[2] in the 2000 general election, for Nuevo León's 5th district;^[3] and in the 2012 general election, as a plurinominal deputy.^[1]

He has also been elected to two six-year terms in the Senate, representing Nuevo León: 1994–2000 (56th and 57th sessions of Congress) and 2006–2012 (60th and 61st sessions).^[4][5][1]