Marcelo Rubio Ruiz
{{Short description|Mexican politician}}
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| office1 = Senator from Baja California Sur
| term_start1 = 6 September 1976
| term_end1 = 6 January 1977
| alongside1 = Alberto Alvarado Arámburo
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| successor1 = Víctor Manuel Liceaga Ruibal
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| birth_date = {{birth year|1932}}
| birth_place = Santa Rosalía, Baja California Sur, Mexico
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1977|1|6|1932}}
| death_place = La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico
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| occupation = Politician and teacher
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Marcelo Rubio Ruiz (1932 – 6 January 1977) was a Mexican politician and teacher affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He served as a Senator for Baja California Sur in the L Legislature of the Mexican Congress from 1976 until his death in 1977.
Biography
Rubio Ruiz was born in Santa Rosalía, Baja California Sur in 1932.{{cite web|url=http://www.inafed.gob.mx/work/enciclopedia/EMM03bajacaliforniasur/municipios/03002a.html|title=Mulegé|work=Enciclopedia de los Municipios y delegaciones de México|publisher=INAFED|access-date=28 December 2021|language=es|archive-date=4 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211104012913/http://www.inafed.gob.mx/work/enciclopedia/EMM03bajacaliforniasur/municipios/03002a.html|url-status=dead}} He later moved to the state capital of La Paz, where he completed his secondary studies before earning his teaching certificate at the Urban Normal School in 1951.{{cite book |last=Camp|first=Roderic Ai|author-link=Roderic Ai Camp|date=2011|title=Mexican Political Biographies, 1935-2009: Fourth Edition|page=847|publisher=University of Texas Press|isbn=9780292726345}}{{cite book|last=Reyes Silva|first=Leonardo|date=2012|title=Calles y monumentos de la ciudad de La Paz, B.C.S.|edition=2|url=http://biblioteca.setuesbcs.gob.mx/administrador/biblioteca/publicaciones/pdf/Cronicas,%20Calles%20y%20%20Monumentos%20de%20la%20ciudad%20de%20LaPaz.pdf|language=es|publisher=Ayuntamiento del Municipio de La Paz|oclc=59712611|page=156}} After that, he graduated from the {{ill|Higher Normal School of Mexico|es|Escuela Normal Superior (México)}} with a licentiate degree in education. He taught at primary and secondary schools before serving an administrative role at the Urban Normal School in La Paz.
Rubio Ruiz joined the cabinet of governor Ángel César Mendoza Arámburo, serving as secretary-general of government. He was also president of the PRI regional committee of Baja California Sur. In 1976 he was elected to represent his home state as a Senator in the L Legislature of the Mexican Congress,Reyes Silva, p. 157 where he served as president of the fishing committee. However, just a few months after taking office, he died during a surgical procedure on 6 January 1977 in La Paz.{{cite news|url=https://colectivopericu.net/2016/02/15/forma-y-fondo-299/|title=Forma y Fondo|work=Colectivo Pericú|first=Federico|last=Riestra Castro|date=15 February 2016|access-date=20 January 2022|language=es}} He was survived by his wife, Cecilia Beltrán, and four children. A minute of silence was observed at the next Congressional meeting on 12 January,{{cite web|url=http://cronica.diputados.gob.mx/DDebates/50/1er/CPerma/19770112.html|title=Legislatura L - Año I - Período Comisión Permanente - Fecha 19770112 - Número de Diario 2|work=Crónica Parlamentaria|publisher=Chamber of Deputies|access-date=18 January 2022|language=es}} and he was replaced by his substitute senator, Víctor Manuel Liceaga Ruibal.
A teacher's college bearing his name, the Centro Regional de Educación Normal Marcelo Rubio Ruiz, was established in 1976.{{cite news|url=https://www.elsudcaliforniano.com.mx/local/municipios/festeja-cren-marcelo-rubio-de-loreto-43-anos-de-su-fundacion-4407473.html|title=Festeja CREN Marcelo Rubio de Loreto, 43 años de su fundación|work=El Sudcaliforniano|first=Raúl|last=Villalobos Davis|date=4 November 2019|access-date=20 January 2022|language=es}} Based in the city of Loreto, it is considered one of the most prestigious institutions of higher learning in the state.{{cite news|url=https://www.elsudcaliforniano.com.mx/local/hoy-cumple-40-anos-la-normal-de-loreto-2334247.html|title=Hoy, cumple 40 años la Normal de Loreto|work=El Sudcaliforniano|first=Javier|last=Chávez Davis|date=8 November 2016|access-date=19 January 2022|language=es}} There is also a street in La Paz named Calle Profesor Marcelo Rubio Ruiz, as well as a district in the town of Guerrero Negro named after him.{{cite web|url=https://mexico.pueblosamerica.com/ii/marcelo-rubio-ruiz|title=Marcelo Rubio Ruiz|publisher=PueblosAmerica.com|access-date=20 January 2022|language=es}}
References
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Category:Institutional Revolutionary Party politicians
Category:Members of the Senate of the Republic (Mexico) for Baja California Sur
Category:20th-century Mexican politicians
Category:Politicians from Baja California Sur
Category:20th-century Mexican educators
Category:Mexican academic administrators