Luis Enrique Bracamontes Gálvez (June 22, 1923 - January 15, 2003) was a Mexican politician and engineer. He was a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party and Secretary of Public Works under President Luis Echeverria Álvarez.
Luis Enrique Bracamontes was born in Tapalpa, Jalisco on June 22, 1923. Civil Engineer graduated from the National School of Engineering, Faculty of Engineering today the National Autonomous University of Mexico and Master in Physics, from the Faculty of Sciences of the UNAM. Doctor Honoris Causa by the University of the Americas in 1973 and Doctor Honoris Causa by the Autonomous University of Chihuahua in 1997.
He served as Project Manager of the University City and then was first Undersecretary of Communications and Public Works, from 1952 to 1958, and Secretary of Public Works 1958–1964. As of December 1, 1970 President Luis Echeverria Álvarez appointed him as Secretary of Public Works. He was also a consulting engineer of several Latin American countries. In recognition for his contribution to the relief efforts of the 1972 Nicaragua earthquake, he was awarded the Grand Cross with Silver Plaque from the Order of Ruben Dario. The last public position he occupied was Director General of the Mexican Institute of Transport between 1989 and 1994. He was also the founding president of the Mexican Academy of Engineering and of the Mexican Association of Public Works.
He died in Mexico City, on January 15, 2003.
Awards
The first Gold Plummet part of the Pan American Union of Engineering Associations, UPADI highest medal awarded by the agency. The "University of Cauca Medal" by the University of Cauca in the Republic of Colombia Grand Officer of the Order of Merit Road. Cuba. Grand Cross of the Order of Boyacá. Colombia. Grand Cross with Silver Plaque Order Ruben Dario. Nicaragua. Grand Officer of the Order of the Polar Star. Sweden. Alcantara Foundation Caceres City, granted by the King of Spain, the International Prize Alcántara Bridge, for the design of Tampico Bridge. National Engineering Award, 1994. Mexico. Mr. Francisco de Garay Recognition, 1995. Mexico.
PROFESSIONAL
From 1950-1955, Project Manager of the University City of Mexico. From 1952-1958, Secretary for Communications and Works. From 1958-1964, Secretary of Public Works. From 1965-1970, President and CEO of the Mexican Company Engineering Consultants, S. A. and Planning and Works and Process Control, S. A. From 1966-1970, CIVAC Director, Industrial City of Cuernavaca Valley. Between 1965 and 1987, Consulting Engineer of the governments of Colombia, Panama, Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala and Venezuela, through the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Inter-American Development Bank and the Central American Bank for Economic Integration. From 1970-1976, Secretary of Public Works. Since 1977, Consulting Engineer in Mexico and abroad. From 1977 to 1989, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company Engineering Consultants Mexican, S. A. From C. V., and the Board of Directors of COMECDIPLAN, S. A. From 1989-1994, the Director General of the Mexican Institute of Transport.
HONORS AND HONORARY POSITIONS
President of the Mexican Academy of Engineering, 1973-1991. It is the founding president of the Mexican Academy of Engineering. President of the Alumni Society of the Faculty of Engineering of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, from 1975-1977. Permanent member of the Mexican Olympic Committee since 1973. Member of the College of Civil Engineers of Mexico. Member of the Association of Engineers and Architects of Mexico. Member of the Mexican Union of Engineering Associations. Member of the Mexican Society of Engineers. Honorary Fellow of the College of Civil Engineers of the State of Jalisco. Member of several European and American associations of engineers. Founding President of the Mexican Association of Public Works. Founding President of the American Federation of Systems and Computer Engineering. Honorary Chairman of the Mexican Academy of Engineering, 1991-1993.