Elba Esther Gordillo

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Gordillo and the second or maternal family name is Morales.
Elba Esther Gordillo Morales
Elba Esther Gordillo
Secretary General of the Institutional Revolutionary Party
In office
5 February 2002 – 30 August 2005
PresidentRoberto Madrazo
Preceded bySergio García Ramírez
Succeeded byCésar Augusto Santiago
President of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
1 September 1987 – 30 September 1987
Preceded byReyes Rodolfo Flores
Succeeded bySantiago Oñate Laborde
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
for the Federal District′s 2nd district
In office
1 September 1985 – 31 August 1988
Preceded byRodolfo García Pérez
Succeeded byOnofre Hernández Rivera
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
for the State of Mexico′s 26th district
In office
1 September 1979 – 31 August 1982
Personal details
Born (1945-02-06) 6 February 1945 (age 79)
Comitán, Chiapas
CitizenshipMexico
Political partyNew Alliance Party (PANAL)
ChildrenMónica Arriola Gordillo
RelativesRené Fujiwara (grandson)[1]
OccupationNational Education Workers' Union leader
Known forEmbezzlement,[2][3] organized crime[4][5]

Elba Esther Gordillo Morales (Spanish pronunciation: [elβaesˈteɾ ɣoɾˈðiʝo]; 6 February 1945) is a Mexican politician and trade unionist who has been the leader of the 1.4-million-strong National Education Workers' Union (Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de la Educación, or SNTE),[2] the largest labor union in Latin America, since 1989. She was formerly affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (Partido Revolucionario Institucional, or PRI) until 2005, when she left and founded the New Alliance Party (Partido Nueva Alianza, or PANAL), which is currently led by Luis Castro Obregón.

Gordillo was arrested by the Mexican authorities on 26 February 2013 on charges of embezzlement and organized crime.[4] She was included in a list of the "10 most corrupt Mexicans" published by Forbes in 2013.[6]

Gordillo has held considerable influence over governments and individual presidents by persuading her union members to vote as a single bloc.[2][7]

  1. ^ "René Ricardo Fujiwara Montelongo". ADN Político. Archived from the original on 6 November 2014. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
  2. ^ a b c "Mexico union leader Elba Esther Gordillo arrested". BBC News. 27 February 2013. Retrieved 27 February 2013.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference AFP was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ a b "Mexico union head Gordillo charged with organised crime". BBC News. 28 February 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
  5. ^ Elba Esther Gordillo comparece ante Juzgado Sexto (in Spanish)
  6. ^ "The 10 Most Corrupt Mexicans Of 2013". Forbes. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  7. ^ Archibold, Randall (27 February 2013). "Powerful Leader of Mexican Teachers' Union Arrested". New York Times. Retrieved 27 February 2013.