Luis Donaldo Colosio

Luis Donaldo Colosio Murrieta (10 February 1950 – 23 March 1994) was a Mexican politician who was murdered during a stop on his presidential campaign.

Political history

Born into a family with a long political heritage in Magdalena de Kino, Sonora, Colosio Murrieta studied at the Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, better known by its initials ITESM, after which he joined the PRI (1972). After that he went on to do postgraduate studies at the University of Pennsylvania in the USA and research work at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in Austria before returning to Mexico. In 1979 he joined the Ministry of Budget and Planning under future president Carlos Salinas.

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Magdalena de Kino - Sonora - Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey - ITESM - PRI - 1972 - University of Pennsylvania - USA - Austria - 1979 - Ministry of Budget and Planning - Carlos Salinas

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He was elected to Congress as the federal deputy for his hometown in 1985 and, in 1987, he was selected to serve on the PRI's National Executive Committee. In 1988 Carlos Salinas chose him as the campaign manager for his (successful, although suspicious) presidential campaign. In the same election, Colosio was elected to the Senate, representing Sonora.

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Congress - Deputy - 1985 - 1987 - 1988 - Senate

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In the early years of Salinas's presidency, Colosio served as the chairman of their party's National Executive Committee. In 1992, Salinas chose him to serve in his cabinet, in the newly created position of Social Development Secretary. In November 1993, the PRI announced that Colosio was to be its candidate for the upcoming presidential election.

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National Executive Committee - 1992 - 1993

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