Héctor Ortiz Ortiz

Mexican lawyer and politician

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

Héctor Ortiz Ortiz

Governor of Tlaxcala
In office
15 January 2005 – 14 January 2011
Preceded by| Alfonso Sánchez Anaya
Succeeded by| Mariano González Zarur
Personal details
Born|  (1950-07-28) 28 July 1950 (age 74)
Oaxaca de Juárez, Oaxaca
Political party| National Action Party
Spouse| Guadalupe Lozano Tovar

Héctor Israel Ortiz Ortiz (born 28 July 1950) is a Mexican lawyer and politician who served as Governor of Tlaxcala from 2005 to 2011.

## Professional career

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Héctor Ortiz was born in the city of Oaxaca in 1950. He holds a bachelor's degree in law and has been a professor of law at the Autonomous University of Tlaxcala (UAT) since 1974.[1] Ortiz also served as Rector of the UAT from 1983 to 1987 and again from 1999 to 2000.[1] From 1990 to 1991 he served as Secretary of Education of the State of Tlaxcala.[1] He served in the lower house of Congress during its 55th session (1991–1994, for Tlaxcala's first district) and 58th session (2000–2001, for Tlaxcala's second district).[1] In 2002 he was elected mayor of Tlaxcala.

Ortiz joined the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) in 1967 and was an active member until 2004, when he resigned from the PRI after losing the party's internal bid for the governorship of Tlaxcala. He then accepted the National Action Party (PAN) invitation to run for the governorship as the PAN candidate; he won the election held on 14 November 2004 and took office on 14 January 2005.

## See also

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* List of Mexican state governors

## References

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1. ^ a b c d "Héctor Ortiz Ortiz" (in Spanish). Sistema de Información Legislativo. Retrieved 24 November 2021.

## External links

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* (in Spanish) Héctor Ortiz at the Tlaxcala.gob website

Preceded by

Alfonso Sánchez Anaya

|  Governor of Tlaxcala
2005 -- Present  | Succeeded by

Mariano González Zarur

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