Humberto Martinez Nájera

Background

Martinez Nájera, Humberto was born on August 23, 1921 in Tepeji del Rio, Hidalgo, Mexico. Son of Francisco Martínez Diaz, public official, and Josefina Nájera Mercado.

Education

Early education unknown. Graduated, Naval Military School of the Pacific, 1936-1941, in mechanical engineering. Courses at the National Center of Productivity.

Professor, Nautical School, Tampico, Tamau-lipas. Professor of steam engines, diesel motors and thermodynamics, 1948.

Career

Joined Institutional Revolutionary Party, 1958. Subsecretary of the Navy, since 1982. Career naval officer.

Aide, Subsecretary of the Navy, 1947-1948. Chief of Machinery, Veracruz Dredging, 1948-1949. Chief of Shops, 5th Naval Zone, Ciudad del Carmen, 1949-1950.

Chief of Shops, Guaymas, Sonora, 1951-1952. Subdirector of Dry Docks, Salina Cruz, Oaxaca, 1952-1955. Director of the National Arsenal, Veracruz, Veracruz, 1955-1956.

Inspector General of Dredging, Secretariat of the Navy, 1956-1957. Director of Docks, Acapulco, 1957-1962. Chief of Dry Docks, Salina Cruz, Oaxaca, 1963-1966.

Chief of Naval Construction, Secretariat of the Navy, 1966-1967. Subdirector General of Dredging, Secretariat of the Navy, 1967-1968. Director General of Dredging, 1968-1970.

Inspector General of the Fleet, Pacific, 1970. Director General of Repairs, Secretariat of the Navy, 1976-1982.

Religion

Roman Catholic

Connections

Spouse Araceli Castellaños MacGregor.

Father:

Francisco Martínez Diaz

Mother:

Josefina Nájera

Spouse:

Araceli Castellaños MacGregor