Roberto Madrazo
Roberto Madrazo Pintado (born July 30, 1952 in Villahermosa ) is a lawyer and Mexican politician of the Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI).
Life
Madrazo Pintado studied law at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and the University of California . From 1995 to 2000 he was governor of the state of Tabasco.
After Arturo Montiel Rojas , the actual presidential candidate of the PRI since August 2005, resigned his candidacy in October on allegations of illegal enrichment, Madrazo Pintado was chosen in party elections as his successor in the application for the presidency. In the 2006 presidential election he landed behind Felipe Calderón and Andrés Manuel López Obrador in third place with 22.26 percent of the vote .
In autumn 2007, Madrazo was disqualified for sports fraud at the Berlin Marathon and suspended for life after first winning the run as the best in his age group. He had taken a shortcut from kilometers 20 to 35, which only became apparent when he checked the split times on his ChampionChip .
literature
- Wiebke Hollersen: The fastest man in Mexico . In: Berliner Zeitung , October 8, 2007
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Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Madrazo, Roberto |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Madrazo Pintado, Roberto (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Mexican politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 30, 1952 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Villahermosa |