Gustavo Carvajal Moreno

{{Short description|Mexican politician}}

{{family name hatnote|Carvajal|Moreno|lang=Spanish}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Gustavo Carvajal Moreno

|office = President of the Chamber of Deputies

|term_start = 11 June 1992

|term_end = 31 October 1992

|predecessor = {{ill|Juan Moisés Calleja García|es}}

|successor = María de los Ángeles Moreno

|office2 = Secretariat of Agrarian Reform

|term_start2 = 19 March 1981

|term_end2 = 30 November 1982

|president2 = José López Portillo

|predecessor2 = Javier García Paniagua

|successor2 = Luis Martínez Villicaña

|office3 = President of the Institutional Revolutionary Party

|term_start3 = 1979

|term_end3 = 19 March 1981

|predecessor3 = {{ill|Carlos Sansores Pérez|es}}

|successor3 = Javier García Paniagua

|birth_date = 1939

|birth_place = Veracruz, Mexico

|death_date = 25 February 2017

|death_place = Mexico City, Mexico

|nationality =

|party = Institutional Revolutionary

}}

Gustavo Carvajal Moreno (1939 – 25 February 2017) was a Mexican politician and member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), of which he became president. He also served as secretary of agrarian reform, a senator, and a federal deputy.{{cite web|url=http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/articulo/nacion/politica/2017/02/25/fallece-gustavo-carvajal-ex-dirigente-nacional-del-pri|title=Fallece Gustavo Carvajal, ex dirigente nacional de PRI|first=Juan|last=Arvtzu|date=25 February 2017|work=El Universal|language=es|accessdate=October 28, 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2017/02/26/politica/013n1pol|title=Falleció Gustavo Carvajal Moreno, ex dirigente priísta|first=Roberto|last=Garduño|date=26 February 2017|work=La Jornada|language=es|accessdate=October 28, 2017}}

He was the son of Ángel Carvajal Bernal, who was Governor of Veracruz from 1948 to 1950.

Carvajal Moreno became president of the PRI in 1979, replacing {{ill|Carlos Sansores Pérez|es}}, where he stayed until Javier García Paniagua took the spot in 1981. That same day, he was named to the cabinet of José López Portillo as secretary of agrarian reform.

In the 1991 mid-terms he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies to represent Veracruz's 22nd district during the 55th session of Congress.{{cite web |title=Legislatura LV - Año I - Período Ordinario - Fecha 19911018 - Número de Diario 2 |url=https://cronica.diputados.gob.mx/Debates/55/1er/Ord1/19911018.html |publisher=Cámara de Diputados |access-date=19 July 2024 |date=18 October 1991}}

He was elected senator for the state of Veracruz in the 1994 general election and served from 1994 to 2000 during the 56th and 57th sessions of Congress.{{cn|date=July 2024}} Finally, he was elected a plurinominal deputy for the 58th session (2000–2003).{{cite web |title=Perfil: Dip. Gustavo Carvajal Moreno, LVIII Legislatura |url=http://www.sil.gobernacion.gob.mx/Librerias/pp_PerfilLegislador.php?SID=&Referencia=1092 |publisher=SEGOB |website=Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL) |accessdate=19 July 2024}}