José Reyes Baeza Terrazas


José Reyes Baeza Terrazas is a Mexican politician and lawyer. In 2004, he was elected Governor of Chihuahua as a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party for the term ending in 2010. Prior to that, he was Chair of Law at the University of Chihuahua in Chihuahua. He then served as mayor of the city of Chihuahua from 1998 to 2001 and as a congressman in the federal Chamber of Deputies.

Personal life and education

José Reyes Baeza Terrazas was born in the city of Delicias, Chihuahua, on September 20, 1961, and became a lawyer by studing law at the Autonomous University of Chihuahua, graduating with a special mention.
His wife is Claudia Garza.

Career

Reyes Baeza Terrazas was elected mayor of Chihuahua City in 1988. He served as general director of State Civil Pensions, with the task of providing security and social services to state government workers under Governor Patricio Martínez García from 2001 to 2003.
In 2003 he was elected to the LVIII Legislature of the Mexican Congress, but stepped down in 2004 to run for governor, being elected in July of that year. He became Governor of Chihuahua on October 4, 2004.
In 2010, after Mexican drug cartels agents murdered Jesús Manuel Lara Rodríguez, the governor ordered government troops to guard the state capitol while a closed door session was held on safety.
After his term as governor, on December 6, 2012 President Enrique Peña Nieto appointedhim as the head of FOVISSSTE, the social service fund responsible for proving housing support for federal employees.