Patricio Martínez García

Patricio Martínez García
Governor of Chihuahua
In office
4 October 1998  3 October 2004
Preceded byFrancisco Barrio
Succeeded byJosé Reyes Baeza Terrazas
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
for Chihuahua's 6th district
In office
1 September 1997  12 August 1998
Preceded byÓscar Villalobos Chávez
Succeeded byXóchitl Reyes Castro
Municipal President of Chihuahua
In office
10 October 1992  9 October 1995
Preceded byRodolfo Torres Medina
Succeeded byGustavo Ramos Becerra
Personal details
Born (1948-03-17) 17 March 1948
Chihuahua, Chihuahua
Political partyInstitutional Revolutionary
SpousePatricia Aguirre Rodríguez
Alma materMonterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (ITESM)
ProfessionCertified Public Accountant

Patricio Martínez García (born March 17, 1948 Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico) is a Mexican politician and member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). Martínez served as the governor of Chihuahua from 1998 until 2004.

Martinez was born in the city of Chihuahua. He is married to Patricia Aguirre Rodríguez, and has four children: Patricia, Patricio, César Iván, and Elisa Ivonne. He graduated from the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education.

He began working as a professor of accounting at the Autonomous University of Chihuahua in 1971. Martinez became the chairman of the Business Coordinating Council of Chihuahua in 1991.

Martinez served as the General Director of Administration for the state of Chihuahua from 1991 to 1992. He was elected mayor of the city of Chihuahua, holding the office from 1992 to 1995. He was further elected to the Chamber of Deputies of Mexico in 1997, where he represented Chihuahua's sixth district during the 57th session of Congress.