Carlos Jongitud Barrios

Carlos Jongitud Barrios (b. November 4, 1924 in Coxcatlán, San Luis Potosí) was a controversial Mexican union leader and governor of San Luis Potosí (1979 – 1985). For decades he was generally portrayed by the Mexican press as a gangsterish, "de facto" leader of the national teacher's union (in Spanish: "Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de la Educación, SNTE").

Jongitud Barrios was the son of Atanasio Jongitud Álvarez, a farmer, and María Guadalupe Rodea García, an elementary school teacher. He graduated as an elementary school teacher from the "Escuela Normal de Ozuluama", Veracruz, and received a bachelor's degree in law from the National Autonomous University of Mexico.

Jongitud joined the Revolutionary Institutional Party (PRI) in 1942, representing it twice in the Mexican senate and once in the Chamber of Deputies. He also served as general director of the Institute for Social Security and Services for State Workers (ISSSTE) from 1976 until 1979.

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*"Diccionario biográfico del gobierno mexicano", Ed. Fondo de Cultura Económica, Mexico, 1992.