Patricio Chirinos Calero (born 27 July 1937) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He has served in Congress and in the federal cabinet and was governor of Veracruz from 1992 to 1998.
Life and career Patricio Chirinos Calero was born in Pánuco, Veracruz, on 27 July 1937. He joined the PRI in 1962 and earned a degree in economics from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in 1964 with a thesis titled "Economic Development and Social Change". He later taught at the UNAM's School for Foreigners (CEPE).
In the 1973 mid-terms, he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies to represent Veracruz's 4th district. In 1988, incoming president Carlos Salinas de Gortari selected him to serve as secretary of urban development and ecology in his cabinet.
On 2 August 1992, representing the PRI, he won the with a 74% share of the popular vote, defeating Heberto Castillo of the newly formed Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD). He served a six-year term as governor from 1 December 1992 to 30 November 1998.
After the end of his term as governor, Chirinos withdrew from public life.
Family Chirinos's parents were Antonio Chirinos Gea, who served several terms as municipal president of Pánuco, and Catalina Calero Valdez. He has been married twice.
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