- Oscar Ornelas
Oscar Ornelas Küchle a
Mexican lawyer and politician, member ofInstitutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), andgovernor of Chihuahua from1980 to1985 . Oscar Ornelas was also a Magistrate (associate justice) of theSupreme Tribunal of Justice of the Chihuahua State , Director of the Faculty of Law and Rector of theAutonomous University of Chihuahua (UACh). In1973 , he was elected as the mayor of the city of Chihuahua. In1980 , he was elected to be the Governor ofChihuahua . In1985 , a conflict in the election of the Rector of the Independent University of Chihuahua degenerated in a political confrontation that occurred in which led to his downfall as governor. The following year, one of the main opponents to him, wasFidel Velázquez Sánchez . Although, Oscar Ornelas lost the support of his party and was forced to resign to the state government onSeptember 19 1985 .After this, Oscar Ornelas has been considered as one of the best (maybe the best) politicians of Chihuahua, State, the must honest governors, and recently the Library of School of Law of Chihuahua State University was rebaptized with the name of "Oscar Ornelas Küchle", in fact, is the only lawyer than has a conmemorative plate and a statue in University Facilities.
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