Luis Donaldo Colosio Murrieta

Luis Donaldo Colosio Murrieta
Colosio in February 1994
Secretary of Social Development of Mexico
In office
8 April 1992 – 28 November 1993
PresidentCarlos Salinas de Gortari
Preceded byPatricio Chirinos Calero
Succeeded byCarlos Rojas Gutiérrez
President of the Institutional Revolutionary Party
In office
3 September 1988 – 13 April 1992
Preceded byJorge de la Vega Domínguez
Succeeded byRafael Rodríguez Barrera
Senator of the Congress of the Union
for Sonora
In office
1 September 1988 – 2 December 1988
Preceded byFernando Mendoza Contreras
Succeeded byArmando Hopkins Durazo
Member of the Congress of the Union
for the 6th district of Sonora
In office
1 September 1985 – 31 August 1988
Preceded byRubén Castro Ojeda
Succeeded bySergio Jesús Torres Serrano
Personal details
Born(1950-02-10)10 February 1950
Magdalena de Kino, Sonora, Mexico
Died23 March 1994(1994-03-23) (aged 44)
Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Manner of deathAssassination by gunshot
Resting placeMunicipal Cemetery
Magdalena de Kino, Sonora, Mexico
Political partyPRI
Spouse
Diana Laura Riojas
(m. 1982)
ChildrenLuis Donaldo Colosio Riojas
Mariana Colosio
Parent(s)Luis Colosio Fernández
Armida Ofelia Murrieta García
OccupationPolitician, economist

Luis Donaldo Colosio Murrieta (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈlwis doˈnal.do koˈlo.sjo muˈrje.ta]; 10 February 1950 – 23 March 1994) was a Mexican politician, economist, and Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) presidential candidate, who was assassinated at a campaign rally in Tijuana during the Mexican presidential campaign of 1994.