'Roberto Rafael Campa Cifrián' (b.
January 11,
1957 in
Mexico City) is a
Mexican lawyer and politician who was the
New Alliance presidential candidate in the
2006 elections. His slogan was ''Uno de tres'' ("One out of three", referring to his party's request that voters give them one of their three votes, for senators, deputies, or president).
Political career
Campa holds a
bachelor's degree in
law from the
Universidad Anáhuac. As a member of the
Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) he was elected to public office several times and served in the
Federal District government in various positions during the
1980s. From 1991 to
1994 he served in the
Federal District Legislative Assembly and in 1994 he was elected to serve in the
Chamber of Deputies. From 1997 to
1999 he served as the head of the ''
Procuraduría Federal del Consumidor'' (consumer protection agency). In 2003 he was elected again to the Chamber of Deputies.
During the PRI primaries for the
2006 elections Campa joined the PRI group ''Unidad Democrática'', also known as TUCOM (Spanish acronym for ''Todos Unidos Contra Madrazo'', a reference to party boss and eventual candidate
Roberto Madrazo). He resigned from the PRI in 2005.
Presidential run
On
January 8,
2006 the
New Alliance party elected Campa Cifrián as its presidential candidate for the
2006 election. At the end of the day, he secured around 1% of the total vote.
External links
★
The Official Campaign website
★
Profile as federal deputy