Ricardo García Sainz Lavista (9 June 1930 – 23 August 2015) was a Mexican politician and administrator. He was director of the

Mexican Social Security Institute The Mexican Institute of Social Security (, IMSS) is a Federal government of the United Mexican States, governmental organization that assists public health, pensions and social security in Mexico operating under the Secretariat of Health (Mexic ...

between 1982 and 1991. He served in the

Chamber of Deputies The chamber of deputies is the lower house in many bicameral legislatures and the sole house in some unicameral legislatures. Description Historically, French Chamber of Deputies was the lower house of the French Parliament during the Bourb ...

for 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 ...

between 1997 and 2000 as part of the

LVII Legislature of the Mexican Congress The LVII Legislature (57th session) of the Congress of Mexico met from 1997 to 2000. It was the first session in 68 years where the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) did not hold an absolute majority over opposition parties in the Chamber ...

Career

García Sainz was born on 9 June 1930. He studied law at the

National Autonomous University of Mexico The National Autonomous University of Mexico (, UNAM) is a public university, public research university in Mexico. It has several campuses in Mexico City, and many others in various locations across Mexico, as well as a presence in nine countri ...

. He was member of 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 ...

between 1953 and 1993. He was director of the

between 1982 and 1991. García Sainz was a federal deputy for the

between 1997 and 2000 as part of the

. He died on 23 August 2015, aged 85, after having suffered from heart problems for several weeks.

References

External links

Profile on SIL
1930 births 2015 deaths Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) National Autonomous University of Mexico alumni Party of the Democratic Revolution politicians {{Mexico-politician-DemocraticRevolution-stub