Óscar Ornelas

Óscar Ornelas Küchle (born Chihuahua, Chih., 30 November 1920 – died 2000) was a Mexican lawyer and politician and member of Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He served as governor of Chihuahua from 1980 to 1985.

Óscar Ornelas Küchle
Governor of Chihuahua
In office 4 October 1980 – 18 September 1985
Preceded by	Manuel Bernardo Aguirre
Succeeded by	Saúl González Herrera
Senator for Chihuahua
In office 1 September 1976 – 1979
Preceded by	Arnaldo Gutiérrez Hernández
Succeeded by	Santiago Nieto Sandoval
Municipal President of Chihuahua
In office 10 October 1974 – 1976
Preceded by	José Luis Caballero
Succeeded by	Humberto Martínez Delgado
Personal details
Born	30 November 1920 Chihuahua, Chih., Mexico
Died	2000
Political party	Institutional Revolutionary

Óscar Ornelas was also a Magistrate (associate justice) of the Supreme Tribunal of Justice of the State of Chihuahua, Director of the Faculty of Law and Rector of the Autonomous University of Chihuahua (UACh). He also founded "El Colegio de Bachilleres" at national level, the first campus its name: Oscar Ornelas, in his honor. In 1973, he was elected mayor of the city of Chihuahua. In 1980, he was elected to be the Governor of Chihuahua. In 1985, a conflict in the election for the Rector of the Autonomous University of Chihuahua degenerated in a political confrontation that occurred in which led to his downfall as governor. The following year, one of his main opponents was Fidel Velázquez Sánchez. Óscar Ornelas lost the support of his party and was forced to resign the governorship on 19 September 1985.

Recently the Library of the School of Law of the Autonomous University of Chihuahua was rebaptized with the name of "Óscar Ornelas Küchle"; he is, in fact, the only lawyer to have a commemorative plaque and statue on the University facilities.

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