Background
Aguirre Beltrán, Gonzalo was born on January 20, 1908 in Tlacotalpan, Veracruz, Mexico. Son of Gonzalo Aguirre Beltrán and Pilar Beltrán Luchichi.
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Gonzalo Aguirre Beltrán
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Education
Primary studies in Tlacotalpan, Veracruz. Preparatory studies at the National Preparatory School, 1926-1927. MD degree, National School of Medicine, National Autonomous University, 1931.
Rockefeller Fellow, Northwestern University. Rector of the University of Veracruz, 1956-1963.
Career
Federal Deputy from the State of Veracruz, District 12, 1961-1964, member of the Committee on Bellas Artes and the Second Committee on Public Education. Member of the Gran Comisión. Member of the Interparliamentary Delegation to the United States.
Head of the Sanitary Unit for Huatusco, Veracruz, 1939-1940. Head, Department of Demography, Secretariat of Government, 1942-1951. Director General of Indigenous Affairs, Secretariat of Public Education, 1951-1955.
Director of the Coordinating Indigenous Center for the Tzeltal-Tsotzil Region, 1951-1953. Subsecretary of Cultural Affairs, Secretariat of Public Education, 1970-1976. Director General of the National Indigenous Institute, 1971-1972.
Intern, General Hospital, Federal District, 1931-1932. Biologist, Department of Demography, Secretariat of Government, 1942. Practicing physician, Veracruz, 1938-1941.
Secretary General of the Mexican Society of Anthropology. Director of the Inter-American Indigenous Institute, 1966-1970. Author of many scholarly works on history, agriculture, and Indians.
Recognized scholar in the field of anthropology.
Religion
Roman Catholic
Connections
Spouse Olga Avendaño.
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