Lena Guerrero Politician

Lena Guerrero Aguirre (November 27, 1957 – April 24, 2008), known as Lena Guerrero, was the first woman and the first person of ethnic minority background to have served on the Texas Railroad Commission, an elected body that currently regulates the oil and natural gas industry. In 1992, her once promising political career ended over a falsified résumé. Sixteen years later she died of brain cancer at the age of fifty.

Personal facts

Birth dateNovember 27, 1957
Birth place
Texas , Hidalgo County Texas , Mission Texas , United States
Religion
Catholic Church
Date of deathApril 24, 2008
Place of death
Austin Texas , Texas
Residence
Austin Texas , Texas , Travis County Texas

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Office holder

governor
Ann Richards
office
Texas Railroad Commissioner
Texas State Representative from Travis County (District 51)
party
Democratic Party (United States)

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