Víctor Manzanilla Schaffer
Mexican politician (1924-2019)
Víctor Manzanilla Schaffer (13 November 1924 – 7 April 2019) was a Mexican politician and diplomat who served as governor of the state of Yucatán. He was a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).
Early life and education
Manzanilla Schaffer was born on 13 November 1924 in Mexico City. His was the son of Rosa Schaffer Acevedo and Víctor Manzanilla Jiménez, the latter of whom was a revolutionary politician in Yucatán, the founder of the Anti-Reelection Party and a congressman. Manzanilla Jiménez was originally from Cansahcab, Yucatán, while Schaffer Acevedo was from Progreso, Yucatán. Manzanilla Schaffer's paternal grandparents were Filomena Jiménez and Guillermo Manzanilla, who was a public notary official. His maternal great-grandfather was Enrique V. Schaffer, a German-born jeweler.
Manzanilla Schaffer earned an undergraduate degree from the School of Law of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), a master's degree in sociology from The New School for Social Research in New York, and a doctorate in law.
Career
He served as a legal assistant in the United Nations division of narcotics, as Mexico's ambassador to China and its first to North Korea, and for two terms as a member of the Senate and two as a member of the Chamber of Deputies for Yucatán's second district. He exerted unusual independence as a congressman, on one occasion voting against President José López Portillo's amendment of Article 27 of the Constitution.
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