Porfirio Muñoz Ledo Cause of Death

Mexican politician, Porfirio Muñoz Ledo has been reported dead. However, no apparent cause of death was given. He died on Sunday, July 9, 2023, at the age of 89.

Born on July 23, 1922, Porfirio Muñoz Ledo studied law at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) from 1951 to 1955 and later pursued graduate studies at the University of Paris.

He served as a member of the cabinets of President Luis Echeverria as Secretary of Labor (1972-1975). He was President of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) during the presidential campaign of 1975-1976.

Muñoz Ledo was Mexico’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 1978 to 1985, where he presided over the UN Secretary Council, the Group of 77, and the negotiations of Global Economic Agreements.

He broke with the PRI in 1988 and won a seat in the Senate running as a candidate for the leftist Frente Democratico-Nacional (FDN) coalition. He also served in the Chamber of Deputies from 1997 to 1999. He was the first member of an opposition party to preside over Congress in the post-revolutionary period as President of the Chamber of Deputies in 1997.

Muñoz Ledo ran for the presidency in 2000 as the Authentic Party of the Mexican Revolution Candidate but before the elections, he gave his support to the National Action Party Candidate Vicente Fox who designated Porfirio Muñoz Ledo ambassador to the European Union (2001-2004).

In late 2020, he ran for President of the MORENA party but came in second place. In January 2022, he was appointed Ambassador of Cuba.