Ignacio Pichardo Pagaza

José Ignacio Pichardo Pagaza (13 November 1935 – 14 April 2020) was a Mexican politician who served as governor of the State of Mexico from 1989 to 1993.^[1]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Pichardo and the second or maternal family name is Pagaza.

Ignacio Pichardo Pagaza
35th President of the Institutional Revolutionary Party
In office 13 May 1994 – 3 December 1994
Preceded by	Fernando Ortiz Arana
Succeeded by	María de los Ángeles Moreno
Governor of the State of Mexico
In office 11 September 1989 – 15 September 1993
Preceded by	Mario Ramón Beteta
Succeeded by	Emilio Chuayffet
Personal details
Born	(1935-11-13)13 November 1935 Toluca, State of Mexico, Mexico
Died	14 April 2020(2020-04-14) (aged 84) Santa Fe, Mexico City, Mexico
Political party	Institutional Revolutionary

Life

Pichardo Pagaza was born in Toluca, State of Mexico, in 1935. In the 1979 mid-terms he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies to represent the State of Mexico's 27th district.^[2]

He later served in the Cabinet of President Miguel de la Madrid as general comptroller (1987–1988) and in the cabinet of President Ernesto Zedillo as Secretary of Energy. He was a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) and served as its president in 1994. He later served as Ambassador to Spain and the Netherlands.^[3]

He was the father of politician José Ignacio Pichardo Lechuga and of Alfonso Pichardo, lead singer of Mexican electronica group Moenia. And he is a nephew of Juan Josafat Pichardo Cruz, who was the first Rector or the Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México UAEM.

He died on 14 April 2020, aged 84.^[3]