Luis Enrique Bracamontes

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rdf:langString Luis Enrique Bracamontes Gálvez (June 22, 1923 - January 15, 2003) was a Mexican politician and engineer. He was a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party and Secretary of Public Works under President Luis Echeverria Álvarez. Luis Enrique Bracamontes was born in Tapalpa, Jalisco on June 22, 1923. Civil Engineer graduated from the National School of Engineering, Faculty of Engineering today the National Autonomous University of Mexico and Master in Physics, from the Faculty of Sciences of the UNAM. Doctor Honoris Causa by the University of the Americas in 1973 and Doctor Honoris Causa by the Autonomous University of Chihuahua in 1997. He served as Project Manager of the University City and then was first Undersecretary of Communications and Public Works, from 1952 to 1958, and Secretary of Public Works 1958-1964. As of December 1, 1970 President Luis Echeverria Álvarez appointed him as . He was also a consulting engineer of several Latin American countries. In recognition for his contribution to the relief efforts of the 1972 Nicaragua earthquake, he was awarded the Grand Cross with Silver Plaque from the Order of Ruben Dario. The last public position he occupied was Director General of the Mexican Institute of Transport between 1989 and 1994. He was also the founding president of the Mexican Academy of Engineering and of the Mexican Association of Public Works. He died in Mexico City, on January 15, 2003.