Maximiliano Silerio Esparza is a Mexican

Mexican people

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 politician, member of Institutional Revolutionary Party

Institutional Revolutionary Party

The Institutional Revolutionary Party is a Mexican political party that held power in the country—under a succession of names—for more than 70 years. The PRI is a member of the Socialist International, as is the rival Party of the Democratic Revolution , making Mexico one of the few...

 and a former Governor of Durango

Governor of Durango

Under the Political Constitution of the Free and Sovereign State of Durango, the exercise of the Executive authority of this Mexican government unit is reserved for an individual known as the Constitutional Governor of the Free and Sovereign State of Durango. This post is held for a period of 6...

 (1992-1998).

Biography

Maximiliano Silerio has occupied the positions of Federal Deputy on II the Federal Electoral District of Durango in the L Legislature from 1976 to 1979, elected as Senator representing Durango for the period from 1988 to 1994, resigned the position in 1992 to accept the nomination as candidate of the PRI for Governor for period of 1992 to 1998.

During his period as governor, he maintained a bordering conflict with the state of Zacatecas

Zacatecas

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 because of a land claim on the part of Tepehuanos

Tepehuán

The Tepehuán are a Native American ethnic group in northwest Mexico, whose villages at the time of Spanish conquest spanned a large territory along the Sierra Madre Occidental from Chihuahua and Durango in the north to Jalisco in the south...

 natives.

In addition he has carried out numerous positions like Delegate of his party in various states of the republic.

See also

• Governor of Durango
  Governor of Durango
  Under the Political Constitution of the Free and Sovereign State of Durango, the exercise of the Executive authority of this Mexican government unit is reserved for an individual known as the Constitutional Governor of the Free and Sovereign State of Durango. This post is held for a period of 6...