Jorge Arganis Díaz Leal | |
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Secretary of Infrastructure, Communications and Transportation | |
In office 23 July 2020 – 15 November 2022 | |
President | Andrés Manuel López Obrador |
Preceded by | Javier Jiménez Espriú |
Succeeded by | Jorge Nuño Lara |
Personal details | |
Born | Mexico City, Mexico | 19 February 1943
Died | 24 May 2024 | (aged 81)
Jorge Arganis Díaz Leal (19 February 1943 – 24 May 2024) was a Mexican civil engineer who served as the Secretary of Infrastructure, Communications and Transportation from 23 July 2020 until 15 November 2022. [1]
In October 2021, he was named in the Pandora Papers leak. [2]
Arganis studied Civil Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). He obtained a diploma in Construction Administration (CMIC) and also had studies in Project Management and Business Development. [3]
In 1963, he began working at the General Directorate of Projects and Laboratories of the Secretariat of Public Works of the National Autonomous University of Mexico. [4] In 1971 he joined Pemex as a technical advisor. From 1977 to 1997 he worked for Ingenieros Civiles Asociados (ICA). [5] From 2002 to 2006 he was Director General of Public Works in the administration of Andrés Manuel López Obrador as Head of Government of the Federal District. [4] He later served in President López Obrador's cabinet as the Secretary of Infrastructure, Communications and Transport from July 2020 to November 2022, before resigning because of poor health. [6]
Arganis died on 24 May 2024, at the age of 81. [7]