Flavino Ríos Alvarado

Flavino Ríos Alvarado (born December 22, 1950)[1] is a Mexican politician affiliated to the Institutional Revolutionary Party who served as the Interim Governor of Veracruz from October 12 to December 1, 2016.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Ríos and the second or maternal family name is Alvarado.

Life

Ríos was born in Minatitlán and obtained a doctorate degree in law from the UNAM; he also taught law at the UNAM and Universidad Veracruzana and is a licensed public notary.[2] He would go on to serve in the state government as executive secretary to the State Public Safety Council and as subsecretary of government.[1]

In 2010, Ríos was elected from the 28th state district of Veracruz, representing Minatitlán, to the 62nd Legislature of Veracruz. He was the president of the Political Coordination Board, the highest post in the state legislature.[1]

After serving as secretary of government, a majority of the members of the Permanent Commission of the state legislature appointed Ríos as governor on October 12, 2016, to fill the final 48 days of the term of Javier Duarte de Ochoa, who asked to step down after his administration was plagued by corruption scandals.[3][4]

On March 12, 2017, Veracruz authorities arrested Ríos, accusing him of aiding Duarte's escape and abusing his authority; a judge delivered a cautionary one-year jail sentence.[5]

References
  1. Congress of the State of Veracruz. "Diputados: LXII Legislatura". Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  2. Secretariat of Government of Veracruz. "Currícula: Flavino Ríos Alvarado, Secretaría de Gobierno". Archived from the original on 13 October 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  3. "Nombran a Flavino Ríos Alvarado gobernador interino de Veracruz". Aristegui Noticias. 13 October 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  4. Zamudio, Isabel (12 October 2016). "Designan a Flavino Ríos como sustituto de Duarte". Milenio. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  5. Hugo Arteaga, Víctor (12 March 2017). "Juez da un año de prisión preventiva a Flavino Ríos; lo acusan de encubrir a Javier Duarte". Animal Político (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 March 2017.
Preceded by
Javier Duarte de Ochoa		 Governor interim of Veracruz state
2016		 Succeeded by
Miguel Ángel Yunes Linares
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