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José Agustín Ortiz Pinchetti
Mexican politician (1937–2024) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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José Agustín Ortiz Pinchetti (13 May 1937 – 3 August 2024) was a Mexican politician. At different times he was affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) and the National Regeneration Movement (Morena).[1]
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Career
Ortiz Pinchetti was born in Mexico City in May 1937. He graduated with a law degree from the Escuela Libre de Derecho and completed a master's in economic law at the Ibero-American University (UIA).[1] He taught history and law at the UIA from 1961 to 1993.[2]
He was one of the founders of the Mexico City daily La Jornada in 1984 and remained a regular contributor.[1]
During the term of Andrés Manuel López Obrador as head of government of the Federal District (2000–2003), Ortiz served in his cabinet as secretary of government. In the 2003 mid-term election he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies as a plurinominal deputy for the PRD during the 59th session of Congress.[2]
On 8 February 2019 he was appointed to head the office of the Special Prosecutor for Electoral Offences (FEPADE), an agency of the Attorney-General's office.[1] He remained in that position until his death on 3 August 2024.[1]
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Personal life and death
Ortiz Pinchetti was married to Supreme Court justice Loretta Ortiz Ahlf.[1] He died in Mexico City on 3 August 2024, at the age of 87.[3]
References
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