Manuel González Cosío y Rivera

Manuel González Cosío y Rivera[1][2][3][4][5] or Manuel González Cosío Díaz[6](Querétaro, Querétaro, April 14, 1915- February 5, 2002)[7] was a Mexican politician, governor of Querétaro from 1961 to 1967.

Biography

He was born in the city of Querétaro April 14, 1915.[8] from a wealthy family and being the grandson of Francisco González de Cosio, who was also governor of the same state in the late nineteenth century under the presidency of Porfirio Díaz.

The son of Carlos Gonzalez de Cosio y Marroquin and Luz Maria Rivera y Oñate, I was born on 14th Street Arteaga, in this city of Querétaro, on April 14, 1915, when General Obregon defeated Villa in Celaya.

Trajectory

Manuel González studied chemistry at UNAM and was president of the University Student Federation of the Federal District in 1934. He held various positions in the Ministry of Agriculture in the forties and fifties, becoming Director of desert areas and Secretary General Workers Union such secretariat. He was elected federal deputy in 1949, senator in 1952 and governor in 1961.

In his six years he created the Economic Council of State and concessions and facilities were granted to several companies to build their plants in the state. The capital became queretana hundred thousand inhabitants so widened and lengthened the Corregidora, Ezequiel Montes, Zaragoza and other avenues; besides the Cimatario, Valley, Las Rosas and urbanized Splits Alamos. the General Hospital and Tecnologico de Querétaro (opened in the next administration) was also constructed. In municipalities, the Rural Health Centers were built.

In the last year of his administration there were two national holidays by events in Querétaro: the fiftieth anniversary of the Constitution of 1917 and the centenary of the triumph of the republic on the French intervention in 1867. For such celebrations were created the Plaza of the Constitution ( in place of the previous Escobedo Market) and the esplanade and monument to Benito Juarez in the top of the Cerro de las Campanas, both inaugurated by President Diaz Ordaz on 5 February and 15 May 1967 respectively.

After being governor, Manuel Gonzalez worked in private companies. In 1976 he was again elect senator, a position he held for a short time since he was appointed director of the National Company of Popular Subsistence, conasupo by President Lopez Portillo.

References

  1. ↑ http://documents.mx/documents/nota-gonzalez-cosio.html. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ↑ http://www.ecologia.unam.mx/laboratorios/dinamica_de_poblaciones/cacsucmex/numeros/2003.html. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ↑ http://www.plazadearmas.com.mx/noticias/archivo/2013/02/03/andres_garrido_del_toral_131266_1045.html. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=xrdoAAAAMAAJ. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=t2dgAAAAMAAJ. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ↑ http://enciclopedismo.com/manuel-gonzalez-cosio-diaz/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ↑ CURRICULUM Gonzalez Cosio MANUEL DIAZ (1915-?)
  8. ↑ Other sources say he was born on April 15, 1915
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