Francisco Labastida

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

Francisco Labastida
Senator for Sinaloa
In office 1 September 2006 – 31 August 2012
Preceded by	José Adalberto Castro Castro
Succeeded by	Daniel Amador Gaxiola
Secretary of the Interior of Mexico
In office 3 January 1998 – 21 May 1999
President	Ernesto Zedillo
Preceded by	Emilio Chuayffet
Succeeded by	Diódoro Carrasco Altamirano
Governor of Sinaloa
In office 1 January 1987 – 31 December 1992
Preceded by	Antonio Toledo Corro
Succeeded by	Renato Vega Alvarado
Personal details
Born	Francisco Labastida Ochoa (1942-08-14) 14 August 1942 (age 82) Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico
Political party	Institutional Revolutionary Party
Spouse	María Teresa Uriarte ​ ​ (m. 1977)​
Parent(s)	Eduardo Labastida Gloria Ochoa

Francisco Labastida Ochoa (Spanish pronunciation: [fɾanˈsisko laβasˈtiða]; born 14 August 1942) is a Mexican economist and politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), who became the first presidential candidate of his party to lose a presidential election, which he did in the 2000 presidential election to Vicente Fox.

Labastida was born to Gloria Ochoa de Labastida and Eduardo Labastida Kofahl. His wife, Teresa Uriarte, was director of UNAM's Institute of Aesthetics Research. His great-grandfather fought on the side of Mexican President Benito Juárez in the War of Reform, and his grandfather was Governor of Sinaloa as well as federal deputy.

Labastida served as governor of Sinaloa (1987–1992), defeating Manuel Clouthier of the National Action Party. During and after his tenure as governor, Labastida was accused of protecting Sinaloan drug traffickers and overlooking their activities.[1]

Labastida was Secretary of Energy during the administration of Miguel de la Madrid. He was also Secretary of Agriculture and Secretary of the Interior during the administration of Ernesto Zedillo.

After losing the 2000 presidential election, he served as president of the Centro de Estudios para el Desarrollo de México. In the 2006 general election, he was elected to the Senate for the PRI, representing Sinaloa.[2]

Publications

• Las Razones de la Política
• Planeación para el Desarrollo

Awards

• National Order of Merit Grand Officer, of the government of France
• Great Cross of Brazil
• Medal of the Mexican Supreme Court

References

1. Gertz, Bill (5 February 1998). "CIA Links Mexico's Interior Minister To Drug Lords". The Washington Times. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
2. Labastida profile at the Senate Archived 2007-06-10 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• (in Spanish) 2000 Campaign site at the Wayback Machine (archived October 27, 2009)

Preceded by José Adalberto Castro (PRI) Martha Sofía Tamayo (PRI) Joaquín Montaño (PAN)	Senator for Sinaloa in the LX and LXI Legislature of the Mexican Congress (serving with Mario López Valdéz (PRI) and María Serrano Serrano (PAN) 2006 - 2012	Succeeded by incumbent
Preceded by Ernesto Zedillo	PRI presidential candidate 2000 (lost)	Succeeded by Roberto Madrazo
Preceded by Emilio Chuayffet	Secretary of the Interior 1998—1999	Succeeded by Diódoro Carrasco
Preceded by Antonio Toledo Corro	Governor of Sinaloa 1987—1993	Succeeded by Renato Vega Alvarado