Guillermo Jiménez Morales

Guillermo Jiménez Morales
Ambassador of Mexico to the Holy See
In office
1995–1998
PresidentErnesto Zedillo
Preceded byEnrique Olivares Santana
Succeeded byHoracio Sánchez Unzueta
Secretary of Fisheries
In office
1991–1994
PresidentCarlos Salinas
Preceded byMaría de los Ángeles Moreno
Succeeded byJulia Carabias Lillo
Member of Congress
In office
1988–1991
ConstituencyFederal District's 24th
Governor of Puebla
In office
1 February 1981 – 31 January 1987
Preceded byAlfredo Toxqui
Succeeded byMariano Piña Olaya
Member of Congress
In office
1979–1982
ConstituencyPuebla's 11th
Member of Congress
In office
1973–1976
ConstituencyPuebla's 10th
Personal details
Born (1933-12-02) 2 December 1933
Huauchinango, Puebla, Mexico
Political partyPRI
Alma materUNAM
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionLawyer

Guillermo Jiménez Morales[a] (born 2 December 1933) is a Mexican lawyer and politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He served as governor of Puebla from 1981 to 1987 and was his country's ambassador to the Holy See between 1995 and 1998.

Political career

Guillermo Jiménez Morales was born in Huauchinango in the Sierra Norte of Puebla on 2 December 1933. His parents were Alberto Jiménez Valderrábano – elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 1952 and sometime mayor of Huauchinango – and Estela Morales Cruz.[1][2] After attending schools in Huauchinango and Mexico City, he studied at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) from 1951 to 1955 and was awarded a law degree in 1957 with a thesis on Mexican electoral law.[2][3]

In the 1973 mid-terms, Jiménez was elected to the Chamber of Deputies for Puebla's 10th congressional district.[4] He returned to Congress for Puebla's 11th district in the 1979 mid-terms.[5][6]

In 1980 he was selected as the PRI's candidate for the governorship of Puebla in the state elections held on 30 November. He won the election with over 83% of the votes cast[7] and was sworn in as governor for a six-year term on 1 February 1981. His term in office was noted for the emphasis he placed on education,[8] and among his accomplishments was the institution of the Colegio de Bachilleres system in the state.[9]

Following his term as governor, he was elected to Congress for the Federal District's 24th district (Xochimilco/Tlalpan) in the 1988 general election.[10] During that congressional term, he served for one month as president of the Chamber of Deputies.[3]

In 1991, President Carlos Salinas de Gortari appointed Jiménez Morales to his cabinet as secretary of fisheries, where he served until the end of Salinas's presidency in November 1994. From 6 April 1995 to 16 January 1998, under President Ernesto Zedillo, he was Mexico's ambassador to the Holy See, the third since the two states re-established diplomatic relations in 1992.[11][3]

Over a period of five decades, Jiménez Morales also held numerous internal positions within the PRI's political machinery.[3][2]

Personal life

Jiménez Morales was married to Laura Elena Betancourt (died 2017), with whom he had four children.[3][12] His brother Alberto (1929–2024) was also active in Puebla state politics and was described as the "de facto governor" during the gubernatorial term of Jiménez Morales's "weak and unpopular"[13] successor, Mariano Piña Olaya.[14][15] At least one of Guillermo Jiménez Morales's grandchildren has followed him into politics.[16]

References

  1. ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Jiménez and the second or maternal family name is Morales.
  1. ^ "Legislatura 42" (PDF). Chamber of Deputies. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
  2. ^ a b c Camp, Roderic Ai (2011). Mexican Political Biographies, 1935–2009 (4th ed.). University of Texas Press. p. 503. ISBN 9780292726345. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Guillermo Jiménez Morales". Secretariat of Foreign Affairs (SRE). 23 July 2012. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
  4. ^ "Legislatura 49" (PDF). Chamber of Deputies. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
  5. ^ "Legislatura 51" (PDF). Chamber of Deputies. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
  6. ^ "Guillermo Jiménez Morales". Diario de Puebla. 17 March 2019. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
  7. ^ "Resultados de la Elección para Gobernador en el Estado de Puebla". Sistema Electoral Mexicano. 1980. Archived from the original on 13 November 2004. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
  8. ^ Muñoz Nava, José Refugio. "La educación básica en Puebla durante el periodo de Guillermo Jiménez Morales (1981–1987)" [Basic education in Puebla during the government of Guillermo Jiménez Morales (1981–1987)]. Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios Educativos. Universidad Iberoamericana. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
  9. ^ "Reconocen a Jiménez Morales". e-consulta. 20 September 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
  10. ^ "Legislatura 54" (PDF). Chamber of Deputies. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
  11. ^ "Placet del Vaticano al ex gobernador Sánchez Unzueta como embajador". La Jornada. 24 February 1998. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
  12. ^ "Fallece Laura Elena Betancourt, esposa del ex gobernador Guillermo Jiménez". e-consulta. 24 August 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
  13. ^ Snyder, Richard Owen (2001). Politics After Neoliberalism: Reregulation In Mexico. Cambridge University Press. pp. 165–166. ISBN 978-0-521-79034-5.
  14. ^ "Muere a los 94 años de edad el político Alberto Jiménez Morales". 24 Horas Puebla. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
  15. ^ "Fallece Alberto Jiménez Morales, destacado político poblano". El Sol de Puebla. OEM. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
  16. ^ "Nieto del exgobernador Jiménez Morales busca ser diputado federal". Tribuna Noticias. 21 January 2024. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
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