Óscar Cantón Zetina (born 1 August 1953) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the

National Regeneration Movement The National Regeneration Movement (), commonly referred to by its syllabic abbreviation Morena (), is a major left-wing political party in Mexico, often described as oscillating between social democracy and populism. As of 2023, it is the la ...

(Morena) who previously belonged to both the

Party of the Democratic Revolution The Party of the Democratic Revolution (, , PRD) is a state-level social democracy, social democratic political party in Mexico (previously national, until 2024). The PRD originated from the Democratic Current, a political faction formed in 198 ...

(PRD) and the

Institutional Revolutionary Party The Institutional Revolutionary Party (, , PRI) is a List of political parties in Mexico, political party in Mexico that was founded in 1929 as the National Revolutionary Party (, PNR), then as the Party of the Mexican Revolution (, PRM) and fin ...

(PRI). Cantón Zetina served as a PRI

senator A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or Legislative chamber, chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the Ancient Rome, ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior ...

for

Tabasco Tabasco, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Tabasco, is one of the Political divisions of Mexico, 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into Municipalities of Tabasco, 17 municipalities and its capital city is Villahermosa. It i ...

in the 54th, 55th, 58th and 59th Congresses (1988–1994 and 2000–2006). He also served as a PRI federal deputy for Tabasco's 2nd district in the 52nd Congress (1982–1985), and for Tabasco's 5th district in the 56th Congress (1994–1997). He won election as one of Tabasco's senators in the 2024 Senate election, occupying the second place on Morena's two-name formula.

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1953 births Living people Politicians from Tabasco National Autonomous University of Mexico alumni Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) Institutional Revolutionary Party politicians Party of the Democratic Revolution politicians Senators of the LVIII and LIX Legislatures of Mexico 20th-century Mexican politicians {{Mexico-deputy-InstitutionalRevolutionary-1950s-stub