Joaquín Gamboa Pascoe

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

Joaquín Gamboa Pascoe (May 30, 1922 – January 7, 2016) was a Mexican trade union leader and politician.^[1]

Joaquín Gamboa Pascoe
Senator of the Congress of the Union for the Federal District
In office 1 September 1976 – 31 August 1982
Preceded by	Alfonso Sánchez Madariaga
Succeeded by	Abraham Martínez Rivero
Member of the Chamber of Deputies for the Federal District′s 13th district
In office 1 September 1967 – 31 August 1970
Preceded by	Hilda Anderson Nevárez
Succeeded by	Leopoldo Cerón Sánchez
Personal details
Born	(1922-05-30)30 May 1922 Mexico City, D.F., Mexico
Died	7 January 2016(2016-01-07) (aged 93) Mexico City, D.F., Mexico
Political party	PRI
Occupation	Trade union leader and politician

Biography

He had a degree in law from the National Autonomous University of Mexico. Gamboa Pascoe was the general secretary of the Federal District Federation of Workers (in Spanish: Federación de Trabajadores del Distrito Federal, FTDF) and from August 9, 2005, until his death, he was the general secretary of the Confederation of Mexican Workers (CTM), the largest confederation of labor unions in the country.

Gamboa Pascoe was elected to the Senate in 1976, representing the Federal District for the Institutional Revolutionary Party. He ran for reelection in 1988 but lost his bid against Porfirio Muñoz Ledo of the left-wing National Democratic Front (FDN). He also served in the Chamber of Deputies: from 1961 to 1964, representing the Federal District's 18th district, and from 1967 to 1970, representing the Federal District's 13th district.

Gamboa Pascoe died on January 7, 2016, aged 93.