Carlos Abascal

Abascal studied law at Escuela Libre de Derecho in Mexico City, graduating in 1973 with a thesis entitled "Relations between Spiritual Power and Temporal Power", in which he stated, that "democracy is a farce that has been used by Freemasons in Mexico...to make a confused and disoriented majority believe that its will is being done".[http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2005/07/21/039n1soc.php Jornada] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070207074835/http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2005/07/21/039n1soc.php |date=February 7, 2007 }} He later pursued business management studies at the IPADE.

Abascal began his career as a messenger for Afianzadora Insurgentes and became a trainee in the legal area. He later became Director and CEO. He worked for Afianzadora Insurgentes for thirty years before retiring in August 2000.

Abascal has occupied different positions in private and social organizations. He has been president of the Fundación para el Desarrollo Sostenible en México (FUNDES), president of Vertebra, president of the Movimiento Social y de Administración de Valores (AVAL), vice president of the Instituto Mexicano de Doctrina Social Cristiana (IMDOSOC), and national president of the Confederación Patronal de la República Mexicana (COPARMEX). As president, he promoted the New Labor Culture and facilitated dialogue between the employer and worker sectors.{{cite web |title=Work is for people and not people for work |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219094229/http://fundacioncarlosabascal.org.mx/general/202-el-trabajo-es-para-las-personas-y-no-las-personas-para-el-trabajo |website=Foundacion Carlos Abascal |access-date=1 June 2024}}

Abascal served in the Legislative Assembly of the Federal District from 1994 to 1997.{{cite book |last=Camp|first=Roderic Ai|author-link=Roderic Ai Camp|date=2011|title=Mexican Political Biographies, 1935-2009: Fourth Edition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=96xOHRWNMioC|page=1|publisher=University of Texas Press|isbn=9780292726345}} He also participated in the transition team of President Vicente Fox. He became one of the key cabinet members in Fox's administration. He served as the head of the Ministry of Labor and later the Ministry of the Interior. His primary challenge in the latter role was maintaining the country's governability during the 2006 electoral process. In 2000 Fox appointed Abascal as Secretary of Labor. In 2005, following Santiago Creel's resignation, Abascal was appointed Secretary of the Interior.President Vicente Fox names Carlos Abascal Carranza to Replace Santiago Creel at interior secretariat, findarticles entry [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb288/is_200506/ai_n15091707 here]

He was opposed to some birth control methods such as abortion and the contraceptive pill.[http://www.wwrn.org/article.php?idd=19229&sec=4&con=6 Mexico's Catholic Church raises voice in 2006 race] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927235458/http://www.wwrn.org/article.php?idd=19229&sec=4&con=6 |date=September 27, 2007 }} Link is to WorldWide Religious News, but report is by Reuters He spoke out against "liberal" literature, including the novel Aura by Carlos Fuentes,[http://books.guardian.co.uk/departments/generalfiction/story/0,6000,486073,00.html The Latin master] The Guardian, May 5, 2001 which Abascal alleged was inappropriate for his 13-year-old daughter and requested that her private school reconsider including in its curriculum.[http://www.ueinternational.org/MLNA0501.html Mexican Labor News and Analysis] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061007135654/http://www.ueinternational.org/MLNA0501.html |date=October 7, 2006 }} Vol 6, No. 5

In the later years of his life, he was involved with the National Executive Committee of the National Action Party (PAN) and led the Rafael Preciado Hernández Foundation. Days before his death, he received an Honorary Doctorate from Universidad Anáhuac, marking his final public appearance.

Abascal died of esophageal cancer on the morning of December 2, 2008.{{cite news |last1=Jimenez |first1=Horacio |title=Fallece Carlos Abascal |url=https://archivo.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/559811.html |access-date=28 January 2022 |publisher=El Universal |date=2 December 2008}}

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In 2009, various Catholic organizations asked the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mexico to begin the process for the canonization of Abascal given his virtues and his ability to participate in politics without renouncing his Catholic values.{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}

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• [http://fox.presidencia.gob.mx/en/cabinet/?contenido=18716 Profile at Mexico's Presidency of the Republic site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070710053254/http://fox.presidencia.gob.mx/en/cabinet/?contenido=18716 |date=2007-07-10 }}

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