Manuel Bernardo Aguirre

Manuel Bernardo Aguirre Samaniego (20 August 1908 – 4 April 1999) was a Mexican politician from the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He was secretary of agriculture (1970–1974) and governor of Chihuahua (1974–1980).

Preceded by Juan Gil Preciado	Secretary of Agriculture of Mexico 1970–1974	Succeeded by Óscar Brauer Herrera
Preceded by Oscar Flores Sánchez	Governor of Chihuahua 1974–1980	Succeeded by Óscar Ornelas

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

Manuel Bernardo Aguirre
Governor of Chihuahua
In office 4 October 1974 – 3 October 1980
Preceded by	Oscar Flores Sánchez
Succeeded by	Óscar Ornelas
Senator for Chihuahua
In office 1 September 1964 – 1970
Member of the Chamber of Deputies for Chihuahua's 1st district
In office 1 September 1961 – 31 August 1964
Preceded by	Miguel Ángel Olea Enríquez
Succeeded by	Saúl González Herrera
Member of the Chamber of Deputies for Chihuahua's 4th district
In office 1 September 1940 – 31 August 1943
Preceded by	Ismael C. Falcón
Succeeded by	Guillermo Quevedo Moreno
Personal details
Born	(1908-08-20)20 August 1908 Baborigame, Chihuahua, Mexico
Died	4 April 1999(1999-04-04) (aged 90) Baborigame, Chihuahua, Mexico
Political party	PRI