Víctor Bravo Ahuja
| Víctor Bravo Ahuja | |
|---|---|
| Secretary of Public Education of Mexico | |
| In office 1970 – 1976 [1] | |
| President | Luis Echeverría |
| Preceded by | Agustín Yañez |
| Succeeded by | Porfirio Muñoz Ledo |
| Governor of Oaxaca | |
| In office 1968 – 1970 [1] | |
| Preceded by | Rodolfo Brena Torres |
| Succeeded by | Fernando Gómez Sandoval |
| Director General/Rector of the Monterrey Institute of Technology* | |
| In office 1951–1958 | |
| 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] University of Michigan |
| 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]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 "Víctor Bravo Ahuja: Un tuxtepecano como ninguno" (in Spanish). El Tuxtepecano. 2008-09-03. Retrieved 2008-10-11.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Bravo Ahuja, Víctor". Diccionario de Historia de la Educación en México (in Spanish). Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Retrieved 2009-07-29.
- ↑ Basáñez, Miguel (1987). La composición del poder: Oaxaca 1968-1984 (in Spanish). Mexico City: Instituto Nacional de Administración Pública. p. 21. ISBN 978-968-6080-05-6. OCLC 19065244.
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