Guillermo Rossell de la Lama

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Rossell and the second or maternal family name is de la Lama.

Guillermo Rossell de la Lama (22 July 1925 – 6 September 2010) was a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He served as the Secretary of Tourism from 1976 to 1980 and as Governor of Hidalgo from 1 April 1981 to 31 March 1987.

Rossell de la Lama was born in Pachuca, Hidalgo, on 22 July 1925, and earned his architecture degree from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) National School of Architecture in 1951.[1]

Guillermo Rossell de la Lama died in Mexico City on 6 September 2010, at the age of 85.[2][3]

His son, Mauricio Rossell Abitia, represented the PRI in the Chamber of Deputies from 1997 to 2000.[4]

  1. ^ Camp, Roderic Ai (2011). Mexican Political Biographies, 1935-2009: Fourth Edition. University of Texas Press. pp. 843–844. ISBN 978-0-292-72634-5.
  2. ^ "September 2010". Rulers.org. Retrieved 2012-02-11.
  3. ^ Jorge González (6 September 2010), Fallece Guillermo Rossell de la Lama, ex gobernador de Hidalgo, Milenio Diario, archived from the original on 30 June 2012, retrieved 6 September 2010
  4. ^ Camp; p. 844