José Luis Luege Tamargo
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José Luis Luege Tamargo (b. in Mexico City
- Mexico
) is a Mexican politician and bureaucrat. Luege holds a degree in Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering
at UNAM
, where he taught for five years. He obtained two specialties in iron and steel processes, one at the National Autonomous University of Mexico
and another at the "National Center for Iron and Steel Processes" in Madrid
. He worked for 14 years in the national iron and steel industry
.
Mexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
- Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
) is a Mexican politician and bureaucrat. Luege holds a degree in Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering
Metallurgy
Metallurgy is a domain of materials science that studies the physical and chemical behavior of metallic elements, their intermetallic compounds, and their mixtures, which are called alloys. It is also the technology of metals: the way in which science is applied to their practical use...
at UNAM
Unam
UNAM or UNaM may refer to:* National University of Misiones, a National University in Posadas, Argentina*National Autonomous University of Mexico , the large public autonomous university based in Mexico City...
, where he taught for five years. He obtained two specialties in iron and steel processes, one at the National Autonomous University of Mexico
National Autonomous University of Mexico
The Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México is a university in Mexico. UNAM was founded on 22 September 1910 by Justo Sierra as a liberal alternative to the Roman Catholic-sponsored Royal and Pontifical University of Mexico The Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) (National Autonomous...
and another at the "National Center for Iron and Steel Processes" in Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
. He worked for 14 years in the national iron and steel industry
Steel
Steel is an alloy that consists mostly of iron and has a carbon content between 0.2% and 2.1% by weight, depending on the grade. Carbon is the most common alloying material for iron, but various other alloying elements are used, such as manganese, chromium, vanadium, and tungsten...
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His career
- Luege Tamargo's political career began in the early 1980s and in 1988 he was elected to the federal Chamber of Deputies, representing the National Action PartyNational Action Party (Mexico)The National Action Party , is one of the three main political parties in Mexico. The party's political platform is generally considered Centre-Right in the Mexican political spectrum. Since 2000, the President of Mexico has been a member of this party; both houses have PAN pluralities, but the...
in the Seventeenth Federal Electoral District of the Federal DistrictSeventeenth Federal Electoral District of the Federal DistrictThe Seventeenth Federal Electoral District of the Federal District is one of the 300 Electoral Districts into which Mexico is divided for the purpose of elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of 27 such districts in the Federal District .It elects one deputy to the lower house of...
. He participated in the Ecology, Industry, Trade and Federal DistrictFederal districtFederal districts are a type of administrative division of a federation, under the direct control of a federal government. They exist in various countries and states all over the world.-United States:...
Commissions. - From 1994 to 1997, he served as Representative of the Federal District Legislative Assembly, where he headed the Commission for Urban Roads and Highway Administration. During this period, he achieved consensus for a new law of transport for the capital and took part in crucial studies on the problem of transport and highway administration from a metropolitan perspective.
- From 1989 to 1994, he was Secretary of Organization and Electoral Action in the National Executive CommitteeNational Executive CommitteeThe National Executive Committee or NEC is the chief administrative body of the UK Labour Party. Its composition has changed over the years, and includes representatives of affiliated trade unions, the Parliamentary Labour Party and European Parliamentary Labour Party, Constituency Labour Parties,...
. - From 1990 to 1995, he was PANNational Action Party (Mexico)The National Action Party , is one of the three main political parties in Mexico. The party's political platform is generally considered Centre-Right in the Mexican political spectrum. Since 2000, the President of Mexico has been a member of this party; both houses have PAN pluralities, but the...
representative in the National Commission for the Surveillance of the Federal Voters' Register, where he encouraged the reorganization of the Federal Voters' list and the issuing of a new voting card with a photograph and during the period from 94-87, he was also a replacement deputy for the general IFE Council. - From 1999 to 2003, Luege has been President of the PAN Regional Board of DirectorsBoard of directorsA board of directors is a body of elected or appointed members who jointly oversee the activities of a company or organization. Other names include board of governors, board of managers, board of regents, board of trustees, and board of visitors...
in the Federal District for two periods. - He is currently a member of the National Council and since February 2002, has been a member of the National Executive Committee.
- On 2003, he was appointed Attorney GeneralAttorney GeneralIn most common law jurisdictions, the attorney general, or attorney-general, is the main legal advisor to the government, and in some jurisdictions he or she may also have executive responsibility for law enforcement or responsibility for public prosecutions.The term is used to refer to any person...
for Environmental Protection. - On 2005, he was appointed Head of the Secretariat of the Environment and Natural Resources.
- On 1 December 2006, he was appointed Director General of the National Water CommissionNational Water CommissionThe National Water Commission is an independent statutory body within the Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities that was established under the National Water Commission Act 2004 to implement the National Water Initiative and reform the broader national water...
by President Felipe CalderónFelipe CalderónFelipe de Jesús Calderón Hinojosa is the current President of Mexico. He assumed office on December 1, 2006, and was elected for a single six-year term through 2012...
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