Olegario Carrillo Meza
Olegario Carrillo Meza | |
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Member of the Congress of Sonora from the 20th district | |
In office 16 September 1997 – 15 September 2000 | |
Preceded by | Lamberto Gálvez Díaz |
Succeeded by | Antonio Leyva Duarte |
Municipal president of Etchojoa | |
In office 1994–1997 | |
Preceded by | Octavio Sandoval Martínez |
Succeeded by | Pablo Antonio Cruz Ontiveros |
Personal details | |
Born | Nayarit, Mexico |
Citizenship | Mexican |
Political party | PMS (former) PRD |
Olegario Carrillo Meza is a Mexican politician representing the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD). He served in the LV Legislature of the Congress of Sonora from 1997 to 2000.
Career
[edit]A native of Nayarit,[1] Carrillo Meza earned a degree in agronomy engineering in the Soviet Union thanks to a scholarship from the Unión General de Obreros y Campesinos (General Union of Workers and Farmers).[2] Upon his return to Mexico, he served as a regidor (city councillor) in Etchojoa, Sonora from 1988 to 1991 as a member of the Mexican Socialist Party (PMS), which merged into the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD).[3] He was elected as the municipal president of Etchojoa Municipality in 1994, defeating Gildardo Grajeda of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) to become the first PRD candidate to win a municipal race in Sonora.[3][4] During his term, the Congress of Sonora appropriated part of the municipality to create the Benito Juárez Municipality.[3]
In 1997, Carrillo Meza was shortlisted by the PRD as a potential candidate in the gubernatorial election, but he declined in order to focus on campaigning for a spot in the state legislature.[5] He won a seat in the LV Legislature of the Congress of Sonora representing the 20th district of Etchojoa, serving a three-year term from 1997 to 2000.[3][6] He became popular among the indigenous populations in the Valle del Mayo and the Valle del Yaqui.[7] He also unsuccessfully challenged for a seat in the LVIII Legislature of the Mexican Congress in 2000, losing to Arturo León Lerma.[3]
Carrillo Meza left the PRD by endorsing PRI candidate Eduardo Bours for governor ahead of the 2003 election.[8]
Activism
[edit]Carrillo Meza founded the Unión Nacional de Organizaciones Regionales Campesinas y Autónomas (National Union of Farmers’ Regional Autonomous Organizations) in 1985 and has served as its national director since 2005.[1] He has advocated for farmers' rights to combat poverty among rural and indigenous populations,[9][10] particularly in response to NAFTA.[11][12] He also called on the government to cancel their contracts with Monsanto to grow genetically modified crops in the country.[13] On behalf of the union, he endorsed Claudia Pavlovich Arellano for governor of Sonora in 2015.[14]
Personal life
[edit]His wife, Flora Lina Mungarro Garibay, served as municipal president of Benito Juárez from 2018 to 2021.[15]
There is a public library in Etchojoa named after him.[16]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "2008 Conference Report" (PDF). International Funders for Indigenous Peoples. p. 28. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
- ^ Hernández Navarro, Luis (31 March 2009). "La ruptura de la UNORCA". La Jornada (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- ^ a b c d e "¿Donde quedaron?". Termómetro En Línea (in Spanish). 3 August 2008. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
- ^ García Rosas, Jesús Héctor; Rodríguez Gutiérrez, Enrique (June 2002). El Partido de la Revolución Democrática (PRD) en Sonora: historia y perspectivas (1989-2002): una visión desde sus dirigencias (PDF) (Thesis) (in Spanish). Universidad de Sonora. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
- ^ Medina, Juan Poom; Reynosa, Víctor Manuel (1 May 2003). "Las elecciones de gobernador en Sonora, 1997" [The 1997 Sonoran Gubernatorial Elections]. Región y Sociedad (in Spanish). 15 (27). doi:10.22198/rys.2003.27.a659. S2CID 140377944.
- ^ "Proceso Electoral 1997" (in Spanish). Consejo Estatal Electoral. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
- ^ "El debate, relajada Claudia, tenso Javier". Marquesina (in Spanish). 19 May 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- ^ García Bernal, Cristóbal (18 June 2003). "Suspende el gobierno de Sonora promoción de obra pública en medios". La Jornada (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- ^ "Atentan Gobiernos contra campesinos". El Siglo de Durango (in Spanish). 26 February 2008. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- ^ "El campo no quiere migajas: Unorca". Síntesis Noticias (in Spanish). 11 October 2011. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- ^ "TLCAN: alternativas campesinas". La Jornada del Campo (in Spanish). 18 December 2007. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- ^ Avendaño, José Carlos (23 March 2012). "Demanda UNORCA al gobierno federal renegociar el TLCAN". La Jornada del Oriente (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- ^ "Se debe impedir siembre de alimentos transgénicos". News Network Communication (in Spanish). 27 October 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- ^ "UNORCA Respalda a Claudia Pavlovich para ser gobernadora". Sonoran Business Sensor (in Spanish). 19 May 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- ^ Pachecho, Bulmaro (17 April 2021). "Candidaturas en Morena: la vuelta a la derecha". Primera Plana Digital (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- ^ "Biblioteca Pública Municipal Ing. Olegario Carrillo Meza" (in Spanish). Sistema de Información Cultural. Retrieved 29 December 2021.