- José Woldenberg
José Woldenberg Karakowski (b.
1952 inMonterrey ,Nuevo León ) is aMexican sociologist. He was the first president of the Federal Electoral Institute and serves as the current director of "Nexos " magazine.Woldenberg, whose family came from
Poland andLithuania , graduated from theNational Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) with a bachelor's degree in Sociology, a master's degree inLatin American Studies and a doctorate in Political Science. During his college years he studied film-making at the "Centro Universitario de Estudios Cinematográficos" but dropped out after three years.He was drawn into politics in his twenties, spending five days in jail for his involvement in a university strike and becoming a founding member of the
Unified Socialist Party of Mexico (PSUM, 1987), theMexican Socialist Party (PMS, 1987) and theParty of the Democratic Revolution (PRD, 1989) which he left inApril 1991 .He has worked as a Political Science professor at the National Autonomous University and has authored several books, including "Antecedentes del sindicalismo" (1981), "Memoria de la izquierda" (
1998 ) and "La construcción de la democracia" (2002).He was previously married to
Julia Carabias , former Secretary of the Environment in the cabinet ofErnesto Zedillo , with whom he had a daughter.External links
*es icon [http://www.esmas.com/noticierostelevisa/biografias/372406.html esmas.com: José Woldenberg]
* [http://www.literalmagazine.com/pdf/portada_L11.pdf#page=6 José Woldenberg in Literal, Latin American Voices]
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