Francisco Velasco Curiel

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Francisco Velasco Curiel
Born1922
Died2004
Education Escuela Nacional Preparatoria
Alma materNational Autonomous University of Mexico
Political party Institutional Revolutionary Party

Francisco Velasco Curiel (1922 - 1984) was a Mexican politician, member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party and member of the Agricultural Development Committee. [1]

Curiel was privately educated at the Escuela Nacional Preparatoria and attended university at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, both in Mexico City. [2]

He served as the Governor of Colima from 1961 to 1967. [3] As Governor, he was instrumental in setting up the State of Colima School to provide an education for poor people.

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References

  1. Camp, Roderic Ai (2011-10-01). Mexican Political Biographies, 1935-2009: Fourth Edition. University of Texas Press. ISBN   978-0-292-72634-5.
  2. Curiel, Francisco Velasco (2002). Francisco Velasco Curiel: biografía (in Spanish). Secretaría de Cultura del Gobierno del Estado de Colima.
  3. Velasco Curiel, Francisco (2002). Francisco Velasco Curiel: biografía (in Spanish). Colima, Colima, Mexico: Secretaría de Cultura del Gobierno del Estado de Colima. OCLC   948239955.