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Pedro Joaquin Coldwell
Secretary of Energy
In office
1 December 2012 – 30 November 2018
PresidentEnrique Peña Nieto
Preceded byJordy Herrera Flores
President of the Institutional Revolutionary Party
In office
8 December 2011 – 30 November 2012[1]
Preceded byCristina Díaz
Succeeded byCristina Díaz
Senator for Quintana Roo
In office
1 September 2006 – 31 August 2012
Preceded byAddy Joaquín Coldwell
Succeeded byJorge Emilio González
6th Secretary of Tourism
In office
5 January 1990 – 14 December 1993
PresidentCarlos Salinas de Gortari
Preceded byCarlos Hank González
Succeeded byJesús Silva Herzog Flores
2nd Governor of Quintana Roo
In office
5 April 1981 – 4 April 1987
Preceded byJesús Martínez Ross
Succeeded byMiguel Borge Martín
Personal details
Born (1950-08-05) 5 August 1950 (age 74)
Cozumel, Quintana Roo
NationalityMexican
Political partyInstitutional Revolutionary
Alma materUniversidad Iberoamericana
OccupationLawyer
Politician

Pedro Joaquín Coldwell (born August 5, 1950 in Cozumel, Quintana Roo) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).[2]

Personal life and education

Joaquín Coldwell studied law at the Universidad Iberoamericana. He is the son of Nassin Joaquín Ibarra, a businessman from Cozumel. He is of Lebanese[3][4] and English descent. His older sister is Addy Joaquín Coldwell, who is also active in political circles.

Political career

Joaquín Coldwell has occupied different positions within the PRI and in the public service. He has been director general of the Fondo Nacional para el Desarrollo Turístico (FONATUR) and general secretary of his party. From 1979 to 1980, he held a seat in the Chamber of Deputies, representing Quintana Roo's First District. He served as Governor of Quintana Roo from 1981 to 1987. President Carlos Salinas de Gortari appointed him Secretary of Tourism in 1990. Joaquín Coldwell succeeded Marco A. Bernal as Peace and Reconciliation Commissioner in Chiapas. In 1998 President Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León appointed him Ambassador to Cuba.

In the general election of July 2, 2006, he was elected to the Senate for the PRI, representing the state of Quintana Roo.

Political offices
Preceded by Secretary of Energy
2012–2018 		Succeeded by
Rocío Nahle García
Preceded by Secretary of Tourism
1990–1994 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Governor of Quintana Roo
1981–1987 		Succeeded by
Assembly seats
Preceded by Senator for Quintana Roo
2006–2012 		Succeeded by
TBD
Party political offices
Preceded by President of the Institutional Revolutionary Party
2011 		Succeeded by

References

  1. ^ "Coldwell deja la presidencia del PRI para integrarse al gabinete de Peña Nieto" (in Spanish). CNN México. November 30, 2012. Retrieved November 30, 2012.
  2. ^ Grayson, George W. (2007). Mexican messiah: Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Penn State Press. p. 65. ISBN 978-0-271-03262-7. Retrieved April 19, 2011.
  3. ^ Presencia de México en el mundo libanés Archived December 10, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ http://www.elperiodicodesaltillo.com/2013/2013%20abril/augusto2.html


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