Víctor Bravo Ahuja | |
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Secretary of Public Education of Mexico | |
In office 1970 – 1976 [1] |
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President | Luis Echeverría |
Preceded by | Agustín Yañez |
Succeeded by | Porfirio Muñoz Ledo |
Governor of Oaxaca | |
In office 1968 – 1970 [1] |
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Preceded by | Rodolfo Brena Torres |
Succeeded by | Fernando Gómez Sandoval |
Director General/Rector of the Monterrey Institute of Technology* | |
In office 1951–1958 |
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Preceded by | Roberto Guajardo Suárez |
Succeeded by | Fernando García Roel |
Personal details | |
Born | 20 February 1918 [1] Tuxtepec, Oaxaca, Mexico [1] |
Died | 30 August 1990 [2] Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico [1] |
Nationality | Mexican |
Political party | Revolutionary Institutional Party (PRI) |
Alma mater | National Polytechnic Institute [1] |
Profession | Academic and politician |
* At the Monterrey Institute of Technology he served as Director General from 1951 to April 1955 and as its first Rector from 1955 to 1958. |
Víctor Bravo Ahuja (20 February 1918 - 30 August 1990) was a Mexican politician and academician who served as Secretary of Public Education in the administration of Luis Echeverría (1970–76),[1] as Governor of Oaxaca (1968–70)[1] and as Director General (1951–55) and then Rector (1955–58) of the Monterrey Institute of Technology (ITESM).
He was born into a family composed by Rodrigo Bravo Monsalve and Carmen Ahuja Beauregard[1] and became one of the first four students to graduate with a bachelor's degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the National Polytechnic Institute.[2] He interrupted his master's degree at the California Institute of Technology, served in the Mexican Air Force[3] and completed his master's degree at the University of Michigan.[2]