Carlos Abascal

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Carlos Abascal
Abascal in 2003
Secretary of the Interior of Mexico
In office June 1, 2005 – November 30, 2006
President	Vicente Fox
Preceded by	Santiago Creel
Succeeded by	Francisco Ramírez Acuña
Secretary of Labor of Mexico
In office December 1, 2000 – June 1, 2005
Preceded by	Mariano Palacios Alcocer
Succeeded by	Francisco Javier Salazar
Personal details
Born	(1949-05-14)May 14, 1949 Mexico City, Mexico
Died	December 2, 2008(2008-12-02) (aged 59) Mexico City, Mexico
Political party	National Action Party
Education	Free School of Law
Profession	Lawyer Politician

Carlos María Abascal Carranza (born Mexico City, June 14, 1949 - Mexico City, December 2, 2008) was a Mexican lawyer and the Secretary of the Interior in the cabinet of Vicente Fox. He is the son of the writer Salvador Abascal, famous for his synarchist ideas.

Biography[]

Carlos Abascal studied law at Mexico City's Escuela Libre de Derecho, graduating in 1973 with a thesis entitled "Relations between Spiritual Power and Temporal Power", in which he stated, inter alia, that "democracy is a farce that has been used by Freemasons in Mexico... to make a confused and disoriented majority believe that its will is being done".^[1] He later pursued business management studies at the IPADE. For about thirty years he worked for where he began as messenger and trainee in the legal area and ended as Director and CEO. He retired from Afianzadora Insurgentes in August 2000.

Abascal has occupied different positions in private and social organizations. He has been president of the (FUNDES), president of , president of the (AVAL), vice-president of the (IMDOSOC), and president of the Confederación Patronal de la República Mexicana (COPARMEX).

Abascal was one of President Vicente Fox's key cabinet members. In 2000 Fox appointed Abascal as Secretary of Labor. In 2005, following Santiago Creel's resignation, Abascal was appointed Secretary of the Interior.^[2]

He was opposed to some birth control methods such as abortion and the contraceptive pill.^[3] He spoke out against "liberal" literature, including the novel Aura by Carlos Fuentes,^[4] which Abascal judged as inappropriate for his thirteen-year-old daughter and requested that her private school reconsider including in its curriculum.^[5]

Canonization[]

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In 2009, various Catholic organizations asked the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mexico to begin the process for the canonization of Abascal given his virtues and his ability to participate in politics without renouncing his Catholic values.^{[citation needed]}

References[]

External links[]

• Profile at Mexico's Presidency of the Republic site Archived 2007-07-10 at the Wayback Machine