Joaquín Gamboa Pascoe

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Gamboa and the second or maternal family name is Pascoe.

Joaquín Gamboa Pascoe
Senator of the Congress of the Union for the Federal District
In office 1 September 1976 – 31 August 1982
Preceded by	Alfonso Sánchez Madariaga
Succeeded by	Abraham Martínez Rivero
Member of the Chamber of Deputies for the Federal District′s 13th district
In office 1 September 1967 – 31 August 1970
Preceded by	Hilda Anderson Nevárez
Succeeded by	Leopoldo Cerón Sánchez
Personal details
Born	(1922-05-30)30 May 1922 Mexico City, D.F., Mexico
Died	7 January 2016(2016-01-07) (aged 93) Mexico City, D.F., Mexico
Political party	PRI
Occupation	Trade union leader and politician

Joaquín Gamboa Pascoe (May 30, 1922 – January 7, 2016) was a Mexican trade union leader and politician.

Biography

He had a degree in law from the National Autonomous University of Mexico. Gamboa Pascoe was the secretary general of the Federal District Federation of Workers (in Spanish: Federación de Trabajadores del Distrito Federal, FTDF) and since August 9, 2005 he was the current secretary general of the Confederation of Mexican Workers (CTM), the largest confederation of labor unions in the country.

Gamboa Pascoe was elected to the Senate in the mid-1970s, representing the Institutional Revolutionary Party. He ran for reelection in 1988 but lost his bid against Porfirio Muñoz Ledo, a left-wing politician. He has also served in the Chamber of Deputies.

Gamboa Pascoe died on January 7, 2016, aged 93.

External links

• (in Spanish) Líder obrero que goza de lujos ("A worker's leader who enjoys luxury"), article from El Universal.