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Calderon shakes up cabinet as 3 more leave |
2011-12-15 |
For a map, click here The cabinet of Mexican president Felipe Calderon Hinojosa was shaken up again for the second time in three months as three officials announced their departure, according to Mexican news accounts. Rosalinda Juarez Velez was named Minister of Labor to replace Javier Lozano Alarcon. Rosalinda Juarez Velez is a lawyer by trade who has held several posts in federal service including Federal attorney for environmental crimes or Delitos Ambientales en la ProcuradurÃa Federal de Protección al Ambiente (PROFEPA) and most recently head of ProcuradurÃa Federal de la Defensa del Trabajo (PROFEDET) or Labor Defense unit. Salvador Vega Casillas resigned his post as Secretaria de la Funcion Publica or Civil service. Vega Casillas was replaced by Rafael Morgan Rios, who worked as an undersecretary under Vega Casillas. Morgan RÃos is a native of Sinaloa state, and a business school academic by trade. He has functioned as an auditor in Calderon's government. Roberto Gil Zuarth resigned his post as private secretary to be replaced by Jose Guadalupe Tarcisio Martinez, who previously held several elective posts in his native Jalisco. Jose Guadalupe Tarcisio Martinez is a close friend of the Calderons, Felipe and his wife, Margarita Zavala. |
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