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Enrique Martinez y Martinez is a Mexican politician. He was sworn in Governor of Coahuila on 1 December 1999, representing the Revolutionary Institutional Party (PRI). During these four years in office, Governor Martinez has made good on his campaign promises to improve education and social development, build a high-wage economy and make Coahuila safer by getting tough on kidnapping for example and restoring fiscal prudence. His term runs until noon on 30 November 2005.
Martínez has occupied several posts in Public Administration and the Legislative Branch. Also he served as Federal Legislator two times (1988-1991 and 1997-1999); in Coahuila State Government he served as State Secretary (1981-87). He was Mayor of the city of Saltillo, Coahuila (1979-1981). He is a member of the Revolutionary Institutional Party, where he has been Delegate of the National Executive Committee.
Enrique Martínez has earned a University Degree as Economist from the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (I.T.E.S.M.); He served as a director and teacher of Economy in the Autonomous University of Coahuila. He was a teacher at the University of Agriculture "Antonio Narro" and President of the National Institute of Public Administration in Coahuila.
He worked in the private sector in his own business as president of the Martínez Enterprises Co.
Governor Martinez was born in Saltillo on 10 November 1948. Martínez and his wife María Guadalupe Morales de Martínez, a lawyer, have three sons: Enrique, Eduardo and Ana Sofía.
See also
External link
- Biography on the official site of Coahuila (http://www.coahuila.gob.mx/gobierno/gobierno/oficina002.htm) (in Spanish)
- Biography on the official site of Coahuila (http://en.coahuila.gob.mx/bio.htm) (in English)