Armando Quintero Martínez


Armando Quintero Martínez is a Mexican left-wing politician and labor leader affiliated with Movimiento Ciudadano.

Political career

Quintero is a founder and labor leader of the UNAM's Workers Union ; he is also one of the PRD founders. Quintero served in the lower house of the Mexican Congress during the LVI Legislature. In 2000 he gained a seat in the Legislative Assembly of the Federal District and in 2003 he was elected borough mayor in Iztacalco, Mexican Federal District. He ran again for the Iztacalco mayorship in 2015 after switching parties from the Party of the Democratic Revolution to Movimiento Ciudadano.