Jorge Arganis Díaz Leal was the one who issued the suspension settlement. (PHOTO: PRESIDENCY/CUARTOSCURO)
The Secretariat of Infrastructure, Communications and Transportation (SICT) reported that Jorge Arganis Díaz Leal, former head of the company till 2022, died this Friday, Could 24 on the age of 81.
“The colleagues of the SICT deeply remorse the dying of our distinguished secretary: Eng. Jorge Arganis Díaz Leal,” the company detailed in its account X.
Engineer Jorge Arganis Díaz Leal was a civil engineer with intensive expertise within the development and public works sector.
Jorge Arganis Díaz Leal was a civil engineer who graduated from the Nationwide Autonomous College of Mexico (UNAM), he performed vital roles in each the tutorial {and professional} fields.
Díaz Leal was additionally a professor for nearly three a long time on the identical establishment and left a major mark on the infrastructure of Mexico Metropolis.
This was reported by the federal company. Photograph: SICT
All through his profession, Díaz Leal was Normal Director of Public Works for the Authorities of Mexico Metropolis, a place that allowed him to affect a number of essential initiatives. As well as, he held a number of administrative and management positions in numerous engineering organizations, such because the Society of College students of the School of Engineering, the Faculty of Civil Engineers of Mexico and the Nationwide Chamber of the Development Business.
Past his native contributions, Díaz Leal has additionally represented Mexico within the Ibero-American Federation of Civil Engineering and Development.
His presence within the worldwide area extends to his participation within the Free Commerce Settlement and his position as vice chairman of the Civil Space of the Mexican Union of Engineering Associations (UMAI). Moreover, he was coordinator of the Ethics and Professionalism Committee of the North American Alliance for Civil Engineering (NAACE).
Amongst his achievements and recognitions, the Generations Meeting of the UNAM School of Engineering granted him the Recognition of Union Exercise in 1985.
In 1993, the Texas Society of Skilled Engineers designated him as an honorary member and, in 1998, the Faculty of Civil Engineers of Mexico granted him the standing of Emeritus Member.
In July 2020, he was appointed by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador as Secretary of Communications and Transportation of Mexico, a place from which he promoted key initiatives of the Fourth Transformation till November 2022, when he left workplace on account of well being issues.
Initially, it had been reported that Arganis Díaz Leal would go away the place briefly, nevertheless it was later reported that he would get replaced by Jorge Nuño Lara, who was then serving as Undersecretary of Infrastructure and in command of dispatching the SICT, after the short-term license. of Secretary Jorge Arganis.
Jorge Arganis Díaz-Leal throughout an look earlier than committees of the Chamber of Deputies (Photograph: Courtesy / SICT)
“Engineer Jorge Arganis is sick, we love him very, very a lot; So, this leads us to this alteration (its alternative) in order to not cease.
“As engineer Arganis is happily leaving little by little, and we don’t want him to stay inactive, he shall be an advisor to the Presidency and shall be in command of the reconstruction of the SCOP Middle, right here in Mexico Metropolis. The place the Communications Secretariat was, the murals; We’re going to rebuild there and he’s going to take cost of the venture,” mentioned President López Obrador in his morning convention on November 22, 2022.
After the dying of the previous head of the SICT was introduced, numerous politicians mourned his dying, such because the candidate of the “Let’s Preserve Making Historical past” coalition, Claudia Sheinbaum.
“We deeply remorse the dying of Jorge Arganis, former Secretary of Communications and Transportation of the Authorities of Mexico. His legacy and dedication to the nation will all the time be remembered. Our honest condolences to his household and pals at this tough time. RIP,” Sheinbaum wrote.
