Mariano Piña Olaya

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

Mariano Piña Olaya (born 29 March 1933) is a Mexican politician who served as the governor of Puebla from 1987 to 1993.^[1]

Mariano Piña Olaya
Governor of Puebla
In office 1 February 1987 – 31 January 1993
Preceded by	Guillermo Jiménez Morales
Succeeded by	Manuel Bartlett Díaz
President of the Chamber of Deputies
In office 1 December 1982 – 31 August 1983
Preceded by	Mario Vargas Saldaña
Succeeded by	Irma Cué de Duarte
Member of the Chamber of Deputies for Puebla's 10th district
In office 1 September 1982 – 31 August 1985
Preceded by	Alfonso Zegbe Sanen
Succeeded by	Carlos Palafox Vázquez
Personal details
Born	(1933-03-29) 29 March 1933 (age 92) Champusco, Puebla, Mexico
Political party	PRI
Education	UNAM

Career

Piña Olaya was born Champusco, Puebla, in 1933. He studied law at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). As a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), he served in the Chamber of Deputies to represent Puebla's 10th district during the 52nd session of Congress (1982 to 1985),^[2] in which he occupied the position of President of the Great Commission. Piña Olaya became governor of the State of Puebla in 1987 and served until 1993,^[1] but was viewed as weak and unpopular.^[3] Later, he became general director of the Mexican Light and Power Company, and then sub-coordinator of Public Security during the six-year term of the President Carlos Salinas.^{[citation needed]}