Héctor Israel Ortiz Ortiz (b. July 28, 1950 in
OaxacaThe Free and Sovereign State of Oaxaca is one of the 31 states of Mexico, located in the southern part of the country, west of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec...
) is a
MexicanThe United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
politician who currently serves as
Governor of TlaxcalaThe Governor of Tlaxcala is the position representing the complete executive power of the government of the Mexican state of Tlaxcala, per the Political Constitution of the Free and Sovereign State of Tlaxcala....
.
Héctor Ortiz holds a
bachelor's degreeA bachelor's degree is usually an academic degree awarded for an undergraduate course or major that generally lasts for four years, but can range from two to six years depending on the region of the world...
in
lawLaw is a system of rules, usually enforced through a set of institutions. It shapes politics, economics and society in numerous ways and serves as a primary social mediator of relations between people. Contract law regulates everything from buying a bus ticket to trading on derivatives markets...
. He has been professor of law at the
Universidad Autónoma de Tlaxcala (UAT) since 1974. Ortiz served as Rector of the UAT from 1983 to 1987 and again from 1999 to 2000. From 1990 to 1991 he served as Secretary of Education of the
State of TlaxcalaTlaxcala is one of the 31 states of the Mexican Republic. It is located east of the center of the country, bordering the states of Puebla, Hidalgo and Mexico State. It is the smallest state of the republic, accounting for only 0.2% of the country’s territory. The state of Tlaxcala is named after...
.
Héctor Israel Ortiz Ortiz (b. July 28, 1950 in
OaxacaThe Free and Sovereign State of Oaxaca is one of the 31 states of Mexico, located in the southern part of the country, west of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec...
) is a
MexicanThe United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
politician who currently serves as
Governor of TlaxcalaThe Governor of Tlaxcala is the position representing the complete executive power of the government of the Mexican state of Tlaxcala, per the Political Constitution of the Free and Sovereign State of Tlaxcala....
.
Professional career
Héctor Ortiz holds a
bachelor's degreeA bachelor's degree is usually an academic degree awarded for an undergraduate course or major that generally lasts for four years, but can range from two to six years depending on the region of the world...
in
lawLaw is a system of rules, usually enforced through a set of institutions. It shapes politics, economics and society in numerous ways and serves as a primary social mediator of relations between people. Contract law regulates everything from buying a bus ticket to trading on derivatives markets...
. He has been professor of law at the
Universidad Autónoma de Tlaxcala (UAT) since 1974. Ortiz served as Rector of the UAT from 1983 to 1987 and again from 1999 to 2000. From 1990 to 1991 he served as Secretary of Education of the
State of TlaxcalaTlaxcala is one of the 31 states of the Mexican Republic. It is located east of the center of the country, bordering the states of Puebla, Hidalgo and Mexico State. It is the smallest state of the republic, accounting for only 0.2% of the country’s territory. The state of Tlaxcala is named after...
. He served in the
lower houseThe Chamber of Representatives is the lower house of the Congress of the Union, Mexico's bicameral legislature...
of the
Mexican CongressCongress is the legislative branch of the Mexican government. Its structure and responsibilities are defined in Articles 50 to 79 of the 1917 Constitution....
during the LV (1991 to 1994) and the
LVIIIThe LVIII Legislature of the Congress of Mexico met from September 1, 2000, to August 31, 2003. All members of the LVIII Legislature were elected in the elections of July 2000....
Legislatures. In 2002 he was elected Mayor of
TlaxcalaThe city of Tlaxcala is the capital and chief center of population of the Mexican state of Tlaxcala. The city is located at in the south-central portion of the state. At the census of 2005 the city had a population of 15,777 inhabitants and was by far the smallest state capital in Mexico...
.
Ortiz joined the
Institutional Revolutionary PartyThe Institutional Revolutionary Party is a Mexican political party that wielded power in the country—under a succession of names—for more than 70 years. The PRI is a member of the Socialist International, as is the rival Party of the Democratic Revolution , making Mexico one of the...
(PRI) in 1967 and was an active member until 2004 when he resigned to the PRI after losing the party's internal bid for the governorship of Tlaxcala. He then accepted the invitation from the
National Action PartyThe National Action Party , is a center-right, Christian democratic party and one of the three main political parties in Mexico. Since 2000, the President of Mexico has been a member of this party; both houses have PAN pluralities, but the party does not have a majority in either the house of the...
(PAN) to run for the governorship as the PAN candidate; he won the elections held on November 14, 2004 and took office on January 14, 2005.
External links
Héctor Ortiz at the Tlaxcala.gob website