| | |  News Around the Republic of Mexico | August 2009 
Mexico’s PRI Names Francisco Rojas as Lower House Coordinator
 Adriana Lopez Caraveo & Crayton Harrison - Bloomberg
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August 26, 2009
| | Francisco Rojas Gutiérrez (Wikipedia) | |
Mexico’s Institutional Revolutionary Party named Francisco Rojas as its leader in the lower house of congress.
Rojas, 64, was named coordinator of deputies in a meeting today, according to a copy of his prepared remarks for a news conference. He was director of state-owned oil company Petroleos Mexicanos under former President Carlos Salinas de Gortari and has served as president of the lower house’s budget committee.
Rojas will assume the new post Sept. 1.
Following the victory in July elections that made it the largest party in the lower house, the PRI will grapple with President Felipe Calderon’s National Action Party over legislation to reduce dependence on oil revenue and strengthen public finances.
To contact the reporter on this story: Crayton Harrison in Mexico City at tharrison5(at)bloomberg.net |
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