Jorge Herrera Delgado

Jorge Herrera Delgado
Chamber of Deputies LXII Legislature of the Mexican Congress
In office 1 September 2012 – 24 November 2014
Preceded by	Pedro Ávila Nevárez
Succeeded by	Eduardo Solís Nogueira
Mayor of Durango
In office 2004–2007
Preceded by	José Rosas Aispuro
Succeeded by	Jorge Herrera Caldera
Personal details
Born	(1961-08-16)16 August 1961 Durango, Durango, Mexico
Died	24 November 2014(2014-11-24) (aged 53) Durango, Mexico
Political party	PRI
Spouse(s)	Blanca Estela Castro de Herrera
Occupation	Politician

Jorge Herrera Delgado (16 August 1961 – 24 November 2014) was a Mexican politician. A graduate in industrial engineering from the Durango Institute of Technology (ITD), he was a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party. He founded the radio station XHITD-FM Estéreo Tecnológico in Durango. He was Mayor of Durango from 2004-2007 and a two-time deputy in the Durango state congress. He was designated by Governor Jorge Herrera Caldera to head the Durango Department of Education from 15 September 2010 to 7 February 2012.^[1][2]

He was elected to represent the fourth district of Durango in the LXII Legislature of the Mexican Congress (2012-2015). He belonged to following legislative commissions: Urban Development and Territorial Regulation (President), Treasury and Public Expenditure (Secretary), Public Education and Educative Service.

From 15 April, he was a delegate on the Executive National Committee of the PRI in Sonora.

Delgado died on 24 November 2014 from pancreatic cancer at the age of 53.^[3] He was replaced by his alternate deputy, Eduardo Solís Nogueira.

Prizes

First Prize of Information Access in the category to Government Employees by Konrad-Adenaur Stiftung (KAS) Foundation and Libertad de Información, A. C. (LIMAC) in 2005.

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