Cruickshank Garcia, Jorge was born on July 29, 1915 in Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, Mexico. Son of Geraldo Cruickshank Bonito, electrical repairman, and Marina García Márquez. Brother of Gerardo Cruickshank Garcia, Subsecretary of Hydraulic Resources, 1970-1976.
Primary studies at the Escuela Morelos y Veracruzano, Veracruz. Secondary and preparatory at the Secondary and Preparatory School of Veracruz. Secondary teaching certificate.
Studied at the Superior School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering and at the Municipal Engineering School. Engineering degree.
A. July 29, 1915. b. Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, c. Primary studies at the Escuela Morelos y Veracruzano, Veracruz. Secondary and preparatory at the Secondary and Preparatory School of Veracruz.
Secondary teaching certificate. Studied at the Superior School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering and at the Municipal Engineering School. Engineering degree, d.
Federal Deputy from the State of Oaxaca, District 1, 1964-1967, member of the Cultural Affairs Committee, the Second Railroads Committee, and the Second General Means of Communication Committee. Federal Deputy from the Popular Socialist Party (party deputy), 1970-1973, member of the Department of the Federal District Committee, the Government Committee, the Social Security Committee, and the Fish and Game Committee. Senator from Oaxaca, 1976-1982.
Plurinominal Deputy for the Popular Socialist Party, 1982-1985, coordinator of the Popular Socialist Party delegation. Director of Communist Youth, 1939-1940. Founding member of the Popular Party, 1948.
Member of the Central Committee of the Popular Socialist Party, 1960-1982. Secretary of International Relations of the Popular Socialist Party, 1962-1963. Secretary of Press and Publicity of the Popular Socialist Party, 1963-1965.
Secretary of Organization of the Popular Socialist Party, 1965-1968. Interim Secretary of the National Central Committee of the Popular Socialist Party, 1968. Secretary General of the Popular Socialist Party, 1969-1979, 1979-1981.
Candidate for Federal Deputy from Oaxaca, 1949, for the Popular Party. Candidate for Federal Deputy from the Federal District, District 17, from the Partido Popular Socialista, 1958. Candidate for Governor of Oaxaca, 1968, for the Partido Popular Socialista.
Critics accuse him of accepting Institutional Revolutionary Party support as a candidate for Senator from Nayarit in exchange for recognizing the defeat of the Partido Popular Socialista candidate Gascón Mercado for governor of Nayarit, 1975.
Roman Catholic
Secretary General of Section X, National Union of Educational Workers (National Union of Education Workers), 1943-1949, 1954-1964. Auxiliary Secretary of the National Committee of Unified Socialist Youth of Mexico, 1938-1939. Co-founder of the National Union of Educational Workers.
Secretary of Labor and Conflicts, National Union of Education Workers. Secretary of Acts, National Union of Education Workers. Secretary of Union Education, National Union of Education Workers.
Secretary of Foreign Relations, National Union of Education Workers.
