Moya Palencia, Mario was born in 1933 in Federal District, Mexico. Student of Alfonso Noriega at National Autonomous University. Knew Jorge de la Vega Dominguez at National Autonomous University.
Member of the student generation which included Pedro Ojeda Paullada and Pedro Zorrilla.
Early education unknown. Law studies at the National School of Law, National Autonomous University, 1950-1954, degree in 1955. Graduate studies in Mexican history at the School of Philosophy and Liberal Arts, National Autonomous University.
Professor of Constitutional Law at the National School of Political Studies, Acatlan Branch, National Autonomous University, since 1976.
Assistant in the Office of Public Relations, National Railroads of Mexico, 1955-1958. Subdirector of the Public Domain in the Division of Real Property, Secretariat of National Patrimony, 1959-1961. Director General of the Bureau of Cinematography, Secretariat of Government, 1964-1968.
Subsecretary of Government, 1969-1970, under Luis Echeverría. Secretary of Government, 1970-1976. Ambassador to the United Nations, since 1986.
Co-founder of the magazine Voz with Jorge Villa Treviño. Editor, 1950-1953; editor of Ferronales, 1954-1957. Wrote for Novedades, 1957-1959.
Precandidate for president of Mexico, 1976. Precandidate for senator from the Federal District, 1981.
Roman Catholic
President of the Platform of Mexican Professions, 1961-1965.
Spouse Marcela Ibáñez.
