Nelson José Murat Casab | |
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Governor of Oaxaca | |
In office December 1, 1998 – November 30, 2004 |
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Preceded by | Diódoro Carrasco Altamirano |
Succeeded by | Ulises Ruiz Ortiz |
Personal details | |
Born |
Nelson José Murat Casab October 18, 1947 Ixtepec, Oaxaca |
Political party | Institutional Revolutionary Party |
Profession | Lawyer |
Nelson José Murat Casab (Spanish pronunciation: [xoˈse muˈɾat]; born October 18, 1947) is a Mexican politician and a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party. He was Governor of Oaxaca and is a Diputado Federal elected from the ranks of Alliance for Mexico of Institutional Revolutionary Party-Ecologist Green Party of Mexico. He is of Assyrian descent, born to an Assyrian family from the village of Tel Keppe.
Murat was a controversial governor but a competent political speaker. After he assumed office on December 1, 1998 a series of scandals tarnished the governor's office.