Delegate of the Social Welfare Department to the Federal District Penitentiary
García Ramírez, Sergio was born in 1938 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Worked under Luis Echeverría before he became president. Student of César Sepulveda at National Autonomous University.
Son of Alberto García Baida, public official, and Italia Ramirez Corona Salem, interpreter.
Primary and secondary studies in Guadalajara. Preparatory studies in the Federal District. Law degree from the National School of Law, National Autonomous University, 1955-1959, received honorary mention for his thesis on “Repression and Penitentiary Treatment of Criminals,” 1961.
Advanced studies in law at the National School of Law, 1963-1964. Advanced studies of penal systems in Europe. Doctor of Laws degree from the National Law School, National Autonomous University, April 24, 1971, on the subject of prisons without bars.
Professor of Penal Law, National School of Law, National Autonomous University, 1965-1966, 1970. Researcher, Institute of Comparative Law, 1965-1970. Professor of Advanced Studies in Penitentiary Law, 1970.
Researcher, Institute of Juridical Research, National Autonomous University, 1966-1976.
Delegate of the Social Welfare Department to the Federal District Penitentiary, 1961-1963. Judge of the Guardian Council for the Guardian School for the Rehabilitation of Children, 1967-1969. Director General of the Central Penitentiary, Mexico City, 1967-1969.
Subdirector General of Government, Secretariat of Government, 1970. Attorney General of the Federal District and Federal Territories, 1970-1972. Subsecretary of Government Properties, 1972-1973.
Subsecretary of Government, 1973-1976. Subsecretary of Youth, Recreation and Sports, Secretariat of Public Education, 1976-1978. Subsecretary of State Industry, Secretariat of Property and Industrial Development, 1978-1981.
Secretary of Labor, 1981-1982. Attorney General of Mexico, since 1982. Founder of the first prison without bars in Mexico.
Author of numerous books. Expert on penal institutions in Mexico. Dark horse pre-candidate for Institutional Revolutionary Party presidential nomination, 1987.
Roman Catholic
Spouse Maria Gómez Rivera.
