Armando Quintero Martínez (b. November 25, 1954 in Mexico City

Mexico City

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) is a Mexican

Mexico

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 left-wing politician and labor leader affiliated to the Party of the Democratic Revolution

Party of the Democratic Revolution

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 (PRD).

Political career

Quintero is a founder and labor leader of the UNAM

National Autonomous University of Mexico

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's Workers Union (Sindicato de Trabajadores de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México or STUNAM); he is also one of the PRD founders.ref name="ITF_42ndCongress_SpeakerBiographies"/> Quintero served in the lower house

Chamber of Deputies of Mexico

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 of the Mexican Congress

Congress of Mexico

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 during the LVI Legislature

LVI Legislature of the Mexican Congress

-Members of the LVI Legislature:# Dip. Aburto Torres Taide# Dip. Acebo Salman Jesús Guillermo# Dip. Aceves del Olmo Carlos Humberto# Dip. Aceves Hernández Pablo Pedro# Dip. Acosta Ruelas Miguel# Dip. Aguiar Ortega Gabriel# Dip. Aguilar Martínez José Luis...

. In 2000 he gained a seat in the Legislative Assembly of the Mexican Federal District and in 2003 he was elected borough mayor

Mayor

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 (jefe delegacional) in Iztacalco

Iztacalco

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, D.F.