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Víctor Bravo Ahuja

Víctor Bravo Ahuja

Mexican politician

Víctor Bravo Ahuja (20 February 1918 – 2 September 1990) was a Mexican politician and academician who served as Secretary of Public Education in the administration of Luis Echeverría (1970–76),[1] as Governor of Oaxaca (1968–70)[1] and as Director General (1951–55) and then Rector (1955–58) of the Monterrey Institute of Technology (ITESM).

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He was born into a family composed by Rodrigo Bravo Monsalve and Carmen Ahuja Beauregard[1] and became one of the first four students to graduate with a bachelor's degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the National Polytechnic Institute.[2] He interrupted his master's degree at the California Institute of Technology, served in the Mexican Air Force[3] and completed his master's degree at the University of Michigan.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    "Víctor Bravo Ahuja: Un tuxtepecano como ninguno" (in Spanish). El Tuxtepecano. 2008-09-03. Retrieved 2008-10-11.
  2. [2]
    "Bravo Ahuja, Víctor". Diccionario de Historia de la Educación en México (in Spanish). Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Retrieved 2009-07-29.
  3. [3]
    Basáñez, Miguel (1987). La composición del poder: Oaxaca 1968-1984 (in Spanish). Mexico City: Instituto Nacional de Administración Pública. p. 21. ISBN 978-968-6080-05-6. OCLC 19065244.


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