Carlos Castillo Peraza

For other people named Carlos Castillo, see Carlos Castillo (disambiguation).

Carlos Enrique Castillo Peraza (Mérida, Yucatán, April 17, 1947 - Bonn, Germany, September 8, 2000) was an intellectual, journalist and Mexican politician, Member of the National Action Party of which he was the 15th President from 1993 to 1996.

Carlos Castillo Peraza was a lawyer in the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, was a collaborator and contributor of many newspapers of the country and began like journalist of the El Diario de Yucatán. From 1967 he became a member of the PAN and he occupied an ample variety of positions in his state structure as much national. During their management like National President of the PAN, their nearer collaborators were Jesus Galván Muñoz, Felipe Calderón, Enrique Caballero and Luis Correa Mena.

In 1980 and 1988, he was candidate to Governor of Yucatán and in 1984 to Municipal President of Mérida, he was elect Federal Deputy to the LIV Legislature and National President of the PAN and in 1997 he became a candidate of the Head of Government of the Federal District and being third in the elections, when finishing this process moved away officially of the policy and resigned to its active militancy in the PAN dedicating itself to academic activities until his death.

In 2007 he was awarded (post mortem) with the Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor.

See also

• National Action Party

External links

• (Spanish) Biography of Carlos Castillo Peraza in the official website of PAN

Preceded by Luis H. Álvarez	President of the National Action Party 1993–1996	Succeeded by Felipe Calderón
Preceded by Jesús Kumate Rodríguez	Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor 2007	Succeeded by Miguel Ángel Granados Chapa