Carlos Flores Dueñas

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Flores and the second or maternal family name is Dueñas.

Carlos Flores Dueñas (born 1948 in Colima)[1] is a Mexican politician of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), who served as the acting governor of Colima in November and December 2003. Both before and since serving as governor, he has also served as the state's Secretary of Education. He is a former teacher.

Teaching

Carlos Flores graduated from the Centro Regional de Educación Normal in Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco and went on to earn a Master of Education degree from the University of Colima.[2] He has worked as a teacher at primary, intermediate and high school level in Jalisco and Colima states.[2] He specialized in teaching mathematics.[3] He founded the Bachilleres Técnico número 17 de Comala and acted as its director.[3]

He was secretary to the rector of the University of Colima (current Governor Fernando Moreno Peña) from 1988 to 1996.[2]

Politics

He has held a number of political posts, both in the state government and within the PRI, including acting as supervisor of secondary schools in Colima[3] and his present position as Secretary of Education, which began during the governorship of Fernando Moreno Peña in 1997.[2]

When Governor Moreno's term ended, the election results were annulled by the Federal Electoral Tribunal as a result of accusations that the governor had used his office to give excessive aid to the winner, PRI candidate Gustavo Vázquez Montes. Carlos Flores was then named interim governor by 15 votes to 10,[4] and during his brief two-month tenure from 1 November 2003,[2] new elections were held.[4] Gustavo Vázquez prevailed a second time, and upon leaving the governorship on 31 December 2003,[5] Carlos Flores returned to his old post as the state's Secretary of Education, which he continues to hold to this day.

Personal life

He is married to Esperanza.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Obsesión tricolor: ganar Colima a como dé lugar" (in Spanish). Proceso. 10 November 2003. Retrieved 24 September 2014. Originario de Colima, donde nació en 1948, Flores Dueñas es profesor de educación primaria, licenciado en Educación Media, especialidad física y química, y maestro en Educación en la Universidad de Colima, además de otros estudios inconclusos.
  2. ^ a b c d e "¿Quién es Carlos Flores?". El Universal (in Spanish). 31 October 2003. Archived from the original on 15 June 2011. Retrieved 5 December 2010.
  3. ^ a b c Jiménez, Carlos (31 October 2003). "Designan a Carlos Flores como gobernador interino de Colima". Cronica Del Hoy (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 December 2010.
  4. ^ a b "Nombran gobernador interino para Colima". El Siglo de Torreón (in Spanish). 31 October 2003. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
  5. ^ "Vázquez rinde protesta como gobernador de Colima". Cronica de Hoy (in Spanish). 31 December 2003. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
  6. ^ "Realizan festival literario Cabalgando la Lectura". Ecos de la Costa (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 December 2010.

See also

Preceded by Governor of Colima
2003 		Succeeded by