# Francisco Labastida

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{{short description|Mexican politician}}
{{family name hatnote|Labastida|Ochoa|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Francisco Labastida 
|image = Francisco Labastida Ochoa 2006.png
| office       = [Senator](/source/Senate_(Mexico)) for [Sinaloa](/source/Sinaloa)
| term_start   = 1 September 2006
| term_end     = 31 August 2012
| predecessor  = [José Adalberto Castro Castro](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Adalberto_Castro_Castro)
| successor    = [Daniel Amador Gaxiola](/source/Daniel_Amador_Gaxiola)
|office1          = [Secretary of the Interior of Mexico](/source/Secretariat_of_the_Interior_(Mexico))
|president1        = [Ernesto Zedillo](/source/Ernesto_Zedillo)
|term_start1      = 3 January 1998
|term_end1        = 21 May 1999
|lieutenant1      = 
|predecessor1     = [Emilio Chuayffet](/source/Emilio_Chuayffet)
|successor1       = [Diódoro Carrasco Altamirano](/source/Di%C3%B3doro_Carrasco_Altamirano)
|office2          = [Governor of Sinaloa](/source/Governor_of_Sinaloa)
|president2        = 
|term_start2      = 1 January 1987
|term_end2        = 31 December 1992
|lieutenant2      = 
|predecessor2     = [Antonio Toledo Corro](/source/Antonio_Toledo_Corro)
|successor2       = [Renato Vega Alvarado](/source/Renato_Vega_Alvarado)
| birth_name = Francisco Labastida Ochoa
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1942|8|14|df=y}}
| birth_place = [Los Mochis](/source/Los_Mochis), [Sinaloa](/source/Sinaloa), [Mexico](/source/Mexico)
| party = [Institutional Revolutionary Party](/source/Institutional_Revolutionary_Party)
| parents = Eduardo Labastida<br /> Gloria Ochoa
|spouse = {{marriage|[María Teresa Uriarte](/source/Mar%C3%ADa_Teresa_Uriarte)|1977}}  
}}
'''Francisco Labastida Ochoa''' ({{IPA|es|fɾanˈsisko laβasˈtiða}}; born 14 August 1942) is a Mexican [economist](/source/economics) and politician affiliated with the [Institutional Revolutionary Party](/source/Institutional_Revolutionary_Party) (PRI), who became the first presidential candidate of his party to lose a presidential election, which he did in the [2000 presidential election](/source/2000_Mexican_general_election) to [Vicente Fox](/source/Vicente_Fox).

Labastida was born to Gloria Ochoa de Labastida and Eduardo Labastida Kofahl. His wife, Teresa Uriarte, was director of [UNAM](/source/UNAM)'s [Institute of Aesthetics Research](/source/Institute_of_Aesthetics_Research). His great-grandfather fought on the side of [Mexican President](/source/President_of_Mexico) [Benito Juárez](/source/Benito_Ju%C3%A1rez) in the [War of Reform](/source/War_of_Reform), and his grandfather was [Governor of Sinaloa](/source/Governor_of_Sinaloa) as well as federal deputy.

Labastida served as governor of Sinaloa (1987&ndash;1992), defeating [Manuel Clouthier](/source/Manuel_Clouthier) of the [National Action Party](/source/National_Action_Party_(Mexico)). During and after his tenure as governor, Labastida was accused of protecting Sinaloan drug traffickers and overlooking their activities.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Gertz|first1=Bill|title=CIA Links Mexico's Interior Minister To Drug Lords|url=http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v98.n090.a06.html|accessdate=1 September 2014|work=The Washington Times|date=5 February 1998}}</ref>

Labastida was [Secretary of Energy](/source/Secretary_of_Energy_(Mexico)) during the administration of [Miguel de la Madrid](/source/Miguel_de_la_Madrid). He was also [Secretary of Agriculture](/source/Secretariat_of_Agriculture%2C_Livestock%2C_Rural_Development%2C_Fisheries_and_Food) and [Secretary of the Interior](/source/Secretariat_of_the_Interior_(Mexico)) during the administration of [Ernesto Zedillo](/source/Ernesto_Zedillo).

After losing the 2000 presidential election, he served as president of the [Centro de Estudios para el Desarrollo de México](/source/Centro_de_Estudios_para_el_Desarrollo_de_M%C3%A9xico).  In the [2006 general election](/source/2006_Mexican_general_election), he was elected to the [Senate](/source/Senate_of_Mexico) for the PRI, representing Sinaloa.<ref name="senate">[http://www.senado.gob.mx/legislatura.php?id=74 Labastida profile at the Senate] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070610060753/http://www.senado.gob.mx/legislatura.php?id=74 |date=2007-06-10 }}</ref>

==Publications==
* ''Las Razones de la Política''
* ''Planeación para el Desarrollo''

==Awards==
*[National Order of Merit](/source/Ordre_National_du_M%C3%A9rite) Grand Officer, of the government of [France](/source/France)
*Great Cross of [Brazil](/source/Brazil)
*Medal of the [Mexican Supreme Court](/source/Mexican_Supreme_Court)

==References==
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==External links==
*{{in lang|es}} {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091027152054/http://geocities.com/CapitolHill/4121/semblanza.html |date=October 27, 2009 |title=2000 Campaign site }}
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