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José Murat

Nelson José Murat Casab
Governor of Oaxaca
In office
December 1, 1998 – November 30, 2004
Preceded by Diódoro Carrasco Altamirano
Succeeded by Ulises Ruiz Ortiz
Personal details
Born Nelson José Murat Casab
(1947-10-18) October 18, 1947 (age 69)
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.


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