Roberto Rafael Campa Cifrián (born 11 January 1957) is a Mexican lawyer and politician who was the New Alliance presidential candidate in the 2006 elections. His slogan was Uno de tres ("One out of three", referring to his party's request that voters give them one of their three votes, for senators, deputies, or president).

Roberto Campa
Secretary of Labor
In office
10 January 2018 – 30 November 2018
PresidentEnrique Peña Nieto
Preceded byAlfonso Navarrete Prida
Succeeded byLuisa María Alcalde Luján
Secretary General of the National Confederation of Popular Organizations
In office
5 February 2002 – 4 March 2002
Preceded byElba Esther Gordillo
Succeeded byManlio Fabio Beltrones
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
for the Federal District′s 32nd district
In office
1 November 1994 – 31 August 1997
Preceded byRodolfo Echeverría Ruiz
Succeeded byDistrict abolished
Personal details
Born (1957-01-11) 11 January 1957 (age 67)
Mexico City, Mexico
EducationUniversidad Anáhuac

Political career

edit

Campa holds a bachelor's degree in law from the Universidad Anáhuac. As a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) he was elected to public office several times and served in the Federal District government in various positions during the 1980s. From 1991 to 1994 he served in the Federal District Legislative Assembly and in 1994 he was elected to serve in the Chamber of Deputies. From 1997 to 1999 he served as the head of the Procuraduría Federal del Consumidor (consumer protection agency). In 2003 he was elected again to the Chamber of Deputies.

During the PRI primaries for the 2006 elections Campa joined the PRI group Unidad Democrática, also known as TUCOM (Spanish acronym for Todos Unidos Contra Madrazo, a reference to party boss and eventual candidate Roberto Madrazo). He resigned from the PRI in 2005.

On 10 January 2018 he was named the Secretary of Labor by President Enrique Peña Nieto.[1]

References

edit
  1. ^ "PERFIL: Roberto Campa Cifrián, nuevo secretario del Trabajo" (in Spanish). La Razón. 10 January 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2018.

Presidential run

edit

On January 8, 2006 the New Alliance party elected Campa Cifrián as its presidential candidate for the 2006 election. At the end of the day, he secured around 1% of the total vote.

edit