Melquíades Morales

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

Melquiades Morales
Governor of Puebla
In office 1 February 1999 – 31 January 2005
Preceded by	Manuel Bartlett
Succeeded by	Mario Plutarco Marín
Senator for Puebla
In office 1 September 2006 – 31 August 2012
Preceded by	Francisco Fraile
Succeeded by	Javier Lozano Alarcón
In office 1 November 1994 – 5 August 1998
Preceded by	Blas Chumacero
Succeeded by	Jorge Rodolfo Budib Lichtle
Member of the Chamber of Deputies for Puebla′s 7th district
In office 1 November 1991 – 31 October 1994
Preceded by	Francisco Salas Hernández
Succeeded by	María de los Ángeles Blanco
In office 1 September 1985 – 31 August 1988
Preceded by	María Isabel Serdán Álvarez
Succeeded by	Francisco Salas Hernández
Member of the Chamber of Deputies for Puebla′s 14th district
In office 1 September 1979 – 31 August 1982
Succeeded by	Sacramento Joffre Vázquez
Personal details
Born	(1942-06-22) 22 June 1942 Esperanza, Puebla
Political party	PRI
Spouse	María del Socorro Alfaro
Profession	lawyer, politician

Melquiades Morales Flores (born 22 June 1942) is a Mexican lawyer and politician, affiliated with the Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI). Between 1999 and 2005 he served as governor of the state of Puebla.

Born in the small town of Esperanza, Puebla, Morales studied law at the Autonomous University of Puebla (BUAP), where he also later taught. He has held various positions within the PRI's party structure, including a time as leader of the party in both the city of Puebla, Puebla, and in the state. In 1984 he served as Puebla's Secretary of the Interior, and has represented Puebla in both the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate. In 1998 he requested a leave of absence from his senatorial seat in order to seek the Puebla governorship.

In 2006 Melquiades Morales went back to the political spotlight, running for the second time trying to get a seat in the Senate, representing the state of Puebla, headlining the Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI) / Alianza por México nomination alongside Mario Alberto Montero Serrano.

His son Fernando Morales Martínez is also a politician.

External links

• (in Spanish) Biography