Mexican politician

Javier Duarte

Javier Duarte de Ochoa is a Mexican politician and kleptocrat, formerly affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), who served as Governor of Veracruz from 2010 to 2016. He also served as congressman during the 61st Congress, representing Veracruz's 16th district before leaving his seat on 16 February 2010. On 4 July 2010 Duarte de Ochoa won the election for governor, becoming the candidate to receive the most votes in the state's history with 1,392,386 votes according to the final electoral tally. In October 2016, Duarte was officially declared a fugitive criminal by Mexican authorities due to corruption during his time as governor of Veracruz and was apprehended in on 15 April 2017, in the tourist town of Panajachel, Guatemala.

Born

1973

September 19

Died

Living

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1970s

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1973 Born

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What else happened on this day, through history

96 Nerva, suspected of complicity of the death of Domitian, is declared emperor by Senate. The Senate then annuls laws passed by Domitian and orders his statues to be destroyed.
634 Siege of Damascus: The Rashidun Arabs under Khalid ibn al-Walid capture Damascus from the Byzantine Empire.
1356 Battle of Poitiers: An English army under the command of Edward the Black Prince defeats a French army and captures King John II.
1410 End of the Siege of Marienburg: The State of the Teutonic Order repulses the joint Polish—Lithuanian forces.

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The world in 1973

When Javier arrived

april 1 Project Tiger, a tiger conservation project, is launched in the Jim Corbett National Park, India.
april 10 Invicta International Airlines Flight 435 crashes in a snowstorm on approach to Basel, Switzerland, killing 108 people.
april 19 The Portuguese Socialist Party is founded in the German town of Bad Münstereifel.
april 28 The Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd, recorded in Abbey Road Studios goes to number one on the US Billboard chart, beginning a record-breaking 741-week chart run.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on September 19

Abner Haynes 1937–2024 American football player (born 1937) Artur Ekert 1961– Polish-British physicist and academic Carlos Quintero 1987– Colombian footballer Germán Valdés 1915– Mexican actor, singer, and producer (died 1973) Kostya Tszyu 1969– Russian-Australian boxer Leo VI the Wise 866–912 Byzantine Emperor, the second ruler of the Macedonian dynasty (born 866) Mabel Vernon 1883–1975 American educator and activist (died 1975) Mariangela Melato 1941–2013 Italian actress (born 1941) Paulo Freire 1921–1997 Brazilian philosopher and academic (born 1921)

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Also born in 1973

Abbath Doom Occulta 1973– Norwegian musician Alexander Vinokourov 1973– Kazakh cyclist and manager Alexei Yashin 1973– Russian ice hockey player and manager Andrew Brunette 1973– Canadian ice hockey player and coach Bartolo Colón 1973– Dominican-American baseball player Chan Ho Park 1973– South Korean baseball player Crispian Mills 1973– English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and director Damon Stoudamire 1973– American basketball player and coach Derrick Brooks 1973– American football player

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