Blas Chumacero

Blas Chumacero Sánchez (January 18, 1905 in Puebla – July 12, 1997 in Mexico City) was a Mexican trade union leader and interim secretary general of the Confederation of Mexican Workers after Fidel Velásquez' death.

Blas Chumacero
President of the Chamber of Deputies
In office 1 November 1985 – 30 November 1985
Preceded by	Beatriz Elena Paredes Rangel
Succeeded by	Fernando Ortíz Arana
In office 1 November 1940 – 30 November 1940
Preceded by	Ernesto Gallardo Sánchez
Succeeded by	Jesús U. Molina
President of the Senate
In office 1 December 1981 – 31 August 1982
Preceded by	Ángel Ventura Valle
Succeeded by	Miguel González Avelar
Senator for Puebla
In office 1 September 1988 – 31 October 1994
Preceded by	Alfonso Zegbe Sanen
Succeeded by	Melquiades Morales
In office 1 September 1976 – 31 August 1982
Preceded by	Guadalupe López Bretón
Succeeded by	Ángel Aceves Saucedo
Member of the Chamber of Deputies for Puebla′s 1st district
In office 1 September 1985 – 31 August 1988
Preceded by	Hilda Luisa Valdemar Lima
Succeeded by	Víctor M. Carreto y Fernández de Lara
In office 1 September 1967 – 31 August 1970
Preceded by	Melquíades Trejo Hernández
Succeeded by	Miguel López González
In office 1 September 1958 – 31 August 1961
Preceded by	Salvador Lobato Jiménez
Succeeded by	Francisco Márquez Ramos
In office 1 September 1952 – 31 August 1955
Preceded by	Francisco Márquez Ramos
Succeeded by	Salvador Lobato Jiménez
In office 1 September 1946 – 31 August 1949
Preceded by	Gustavo Díaz Ordaz
Succeeded by	Francisco Márquez Ramos
In office 1 September 1940 – 31 August 1943
Preceded by	Juan Salamanca V.
Succeeded by	Gustavo Díaz Ordaz
Personal details
Born	18 January 1905 Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
Died	12 July 1997 (aged 92) Mexico City, D.F., Mexico
Nationality	Mexican
Political party	PRI
Occupation	Politician

Chumacero Sánchez was the son of Zenón Chumacero Bueno and Josefa Sánchez Serrano. A high school dropout textile worker, he became a founding member of the General Confederation of Workers and Farmers of Mexico (CGOCM) in 1920 and a founding member of the Revolutionary Institutional Party (formerly, PNR). In 1936 he became a founding delegate of the Worker's Confederation of Mexico (CTM) and three years later he founded the Workers' Federation of Puebla, in which he served as secretary general for over 45 years.

Because of the strong (and usually coercive) ties between the Mexican labor movement and the government endorsed Revolutionary Institutional Party during most of the 20th century, Chumacero was elected once to the Congress of Puebla, six times to the Chamber of Deputies and twice to the Mexican senate; for a total of 33 years serving as legislator.

He was married to Aurelia Corona and adopted two siblings: Jaime and Rebeca Chumacero Lucio.

Source: Diccionario biográfico del gobierno mexicano, Ed. Fondo de Cultura Económica, Mexico, 1992.

External links

• El Informador: Murió Blas Chumacero (in Spanish).