Alonso Lujambio Politician

Alonso José Ricardo Lujambio Irazábal (2 September 1962 – 25 September 2012) was a Mexican academic and politician who served as Secretary of Public Education in the cabinet of President Felipe Calderón.Lujambio served as member of the General Council of the Federal Electoral Institute (IFE), as advisor to the United Nations, and as an academic at the Ibero-American University, the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and the Autonomous Institute of Technology of Mexico (ITAM), where he chaired the undergraduate program in Political Science.On 11 November 2011, Lujambio was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, following a hospitalization for acute renal failure.On 29 August 2012, Lujambio took protest as Senator, at which he assisted in a wheelchair.On 25 September 2012, Senator Alonso Lujambio died after complications with cancer.

Personal facts

Alonso Lujambio
Alias (AKA)Lujambio Irazábal Alonso José Ricardo (Spanish)
Birth dateSeptember 02, 1962
Birth place
Mexico City , Mexico
Date of deathSeptember 25, 2012
Place of death
Mexico City , Mexico
Education
Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México
Yale University

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Office holder

office
(LXII Legislature)
(Proportional representation)
Secretary of Public Education
Senator of the Senate of Mexico 60pxalt=Senate Coat of Arms
party
National Action Party (Mexico)
president
successor
José Ángel Córdova

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External resources

  1. http://www.senado.gob.mx/?ver=int&mn=10&id=614