Armando Quintero Martínez

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Armando Quintero Martínez (b. November 25, 1954 in Mexico City) is a Mexican left-wing politician and labor leader affiliated to the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD).

[edit] Political career

Quintero is a founder and labor leader of the UNAM's Workers Union (Sindicato de Trabajadores de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México or STUNAM); he is also one of the PRD founders. Quintero served in the lower house of the Mexican Congress during the LVI Legislature. In 2000 he gained a seat in the Legislative Assembly of the Mexican Federal District and in 2003 he was elected borough mayor (jefe delegacional) in Iztacalco, D.F..