Jorge Arganis Díaz Leal | |
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| Secretary of Infrastructure, Communications and Transportation | |
| In office 23 July 2020 – 15 November 2022 | |
| President | Andrés Manuel López Obrador |
| Preceded by | Javier Jiménez Espriú |
| Succeeded by | Jorge Nuño Lara |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1943-02-19)19 February 1943 Mexico City, Mexico |
| Died | 24 May 2024(2024-05-24) (aged 81) |
Jorge Arganis Díaz Leal (19 February 1943 – 24 May 2024) was a Mexicancivil engineer who served as theSecretary of Infrastructure, Communications and Transportation from 23 July 2020 until 15 November 2022.[1]
In October 2021, he was named in thePandora Papers leak.[2]
Arganis studied Civil Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering of theNational Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). He obtained a diploma in Construction Administration (CMIC) and also had studies in Project Management and Business Development.[3]
In 1963, he began working at the General Directorate of Projects and Laboratories of the Secretariat of Public Works of the National Autonomous University of Mexico.[4] In 1971 he joinedPemex as a technical advisor. From 1977 to 1997 he worked forIngenieros Civiles Asociados (ICA).[5] From 2002 to 2006 he was Director General of Public Works in the administration ofAndrés Manuel López Obrador as Head of Government of the Federal District.[4] He later served in President López Obrador's cabinet as theSecretary of Infrastructure, Communications and Transport from July 2020 to November 2022, before resigning because of poor health.[6]
Arganis died on 24 May 2024, at the age of 81.[7]
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