Alfonso Martínez Domínguez (January 7, 1922 – November 6, 2002) was a Mexican governor of Nuevo León from 1979 to 1985.

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Alfonso Martínez Domínguez
Governor of Nuevo León
In office 1 August 1979 – 31 July 1985
Preceded by	Pedro Zorrilla Martínez
Succeeded by	Jorge Treviño Martínez
Head of the Federal District Department
In office 1 December 1970 – 15 June 1971
Preceded by	Alfonso Corona del Rosal
Succeeded by	Octavio Sentíes Gómez
President of the Chamber of Deputies
In office 1 December 1964 – 31 August 1965
Preceded by	Manuel Zárate Aquino
Succeeded by	Augusto Gómez Villanueva
Deputy of the Congress of the Union for the 4th district of Nuevo León
In office 1 September 1964 – 31 August 1967
Preceded by	Armando Arteaga Santoyo
Succeeded by	Graciano Bortoni Urteaga
Deputy of the Congress of the Union for the 17th district of the Federal District
In office 1 September 1952 – 31 August 1955
Succeeded by	Alfonso Ituarte Servin
Deputy of the Congress of the Union for the 4th district of the Federal District
In office 1 September 1946 – 31 August 1949
Preceded by	Ruffo Figueroa Figueroa
Succeeded by	Francisco Fonseca García
Personal details
Born	(1922-01-07)January 7, 1922 Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
Died	November 6, 2002(2002-11-06) (aged 80)
Political party	PRI
Occupation	Politician

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Son of physician Alfonso Martinez de la Garza and Margarita Rafaela Dominguez Samaniego; grandson of Alfonso Martinez de la Garza and Maria de la Garza. He did his elementary studies in Monterrey, his secondary studies in Mexico city, and he received a bachelor's degree from Franco-Mexican College in Mexico City.

He began governmental career as a clerk (5th category) in Department of the Federal District in 1937; chief editor, He was a Federal Deputy from Federal District 4 from 1946 to 1949. He was a member of the Committee for the Department of the Federal District, 2nd Balloting Committee, Public Works Committee, and the Securities Committee. He was a federal deputy from Federal District 17 from 1952 to 1955 and a member of the Legislative Studies Committee and Tourism Committee. He was a federal deputy from the State of Nuevo León from 1964 to 1967.

He represented District 4, serving as president of the Chamber of Deputies in December 1964. He was President of Gran Commission, member of 1st Committee on Government, Constitutional Affairs Committee; Senator from the state of Nuevo León, 1988–1991; Secretary of organization regional PRI Committee of the Federal District, 1955; secretary of popular action, CEN of PRI, 1946; president of CEN of PRI, 1968–1970; Secretary-General of CNOP of PRI, 1962–1965; Department of Republican Relations, Department of the Federal District, 1970–1971; director general of Airport and Auxiliary services, Secretariat of Communications and Transportation, 1987–1988; Secretary-general Union of Workers of the Department of the Federal District 1942–1943; and author of two books on history.

Resigned from the Federal District after the 1971 student riots in Mexico City; most observers see the resignation as a result of power struggles within the ruling circle rather than just the result of the riots.

Dominguez represented a traditional type of Mexican politician that has almost become extinct. He came from a very poor background and had virtually no education. He received three honorary degrees. He worked his way up through the party hierarchy. Dominguez became the president of the PRI in the 1960s. Known and remembered for his tenacity, focus, passion for his country, Diaz had a reputation of a ruthless politician.

• Mayor of Mexico City in 1971,
• Governor of Nuevo León from 1979
• Senator from 1988, 1997

He served as secretary general of the federal bureaucrats union (FSTSE, 1949 – 1952) and got elected to the Chamber of Deputies on three occasions. He was senator twice and Governor of Nuevo León.

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

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