Blas Chumacero
OfficePresident of the Chamber of Deputies
Term start1 November 1985
Term end30 November 1985
PredecessorBeatriz Elena Paredes Rangel
SuccessorFernando Ortíz Arana
Term start 21 November 1940
Term end 230 November 1940
Predecessor 2Ernesto Gallardo Sánchez
Successor 2Jesús U. Molina
Office 3President of the Senate
Term start 31 December 1981
Term end 331 August 1982
Predecessor 3Ángel Ventura Valle
Successor 3Miguel González Avelar
Office 4Senator for Puebla
Term start 41 September 1988
Term end 431 October 1994
Predecessor 4Alfonso Zegbe Sanen
Successor 4Melquiades Morales
Term start 51 September 1976
Term end 531 August 1982
Predecessor 5Guadalupe López Bretón
Successor 5Ángel Aceves Saucedo
Office 6Member of the Chamber of Deputies
for Puebla's 1st district
Term start 61 September 1985
Term end 631 August 1988
Predecessor 6Hilda Luisa Valdemar Lima
Successor 6Víctor M. Carreto y Fernández de Lara
Term start 71 September 1967
Term end 731 August 1970
Predecessor 7Melquíades Trejo Hernández
Successor 7Miguel López González
Term start 81 September 1958
Term end 831 August 1961
Predecessor 8Salvador Lobato Jiménez
Successor 8Francisco Márquez Ramos
Term start 91 September 1952
Term end 931 August 1955
Predecessor 9Francisco Márquez Ramos
Successor 9Salvador Lobato Jiménez
Term start 101 September 1946
Term end 1031 August 1949
Predecessor 10Gustavo Díaz Ordaz
Successor 10Francisco Márquez Ramos
Term start 111 September 1940
Term end 1131 August 1943
Predecessor 11Juan Salamanca V.
Successor 11Gustavo Díaz Ordaz
Birth date18 January 1905
Birth placePuebla, Puebla, Mexico
Death date12 July 1997 (aged 92)
Death placeMexico City, D.F., Mexico
OccupationPolitician
PartyPRI

Blas Chumacero Sánchez (18 January 1905 – 12 July 1997) was a Mexican trade union leader and politician. He served as interim general secretary of the Confederation of Mexican Workers (CTM) after Fidel Velásquez's death in 1997.

Born in the city of Puebla, Chumacero Sánchez was the son of Zenón Chumacero Bueno and Josefa Sánchez Serrano. A high school dropout textile worker, he became a founding member of the General Confederation of Workers and Farmers of Mexico (CGOCM) in 1920 and a founding member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party's forerunner, the National Revolutionary Party (PNR). In 1936 he became a founding delegate of the Confederation of Mexican Workers (CTM) and three years later he founded the Workers' Federation of Puebla, in which he served as general secretary for over 45 years.

Because of the strong (and usually coercive) ties between the Mexican labor movement and the Institutional Revolutionary Party during most of the 20th century, Chumacero was elected once to the Congress of Puebla, six times to the Chamber of Deputies and twice to the Senate, for a total of 33 years serving as legislator.

He was married to Aurelia Corona and adopted two siblings: Jaime and Rebeca Chumacero Lucio.

References

  • Diccionario biográfico del gobierno mexicano, Ed. Fondo de Cultura Económica, Mexico CIty, 1992.