Joel Ayala Almeida (20 December 1946 – 27 January 2025) was a Mexican trade unionist and politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He was the president of the (FSTSE) from 1998 until his death.
Ayala Almeida served several terms in Congress, both in the Chamber of Deputies and in the Senate.
Life Joel Ayala Almeida was born in San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora, in 1946. After earning a degree in economics from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), he began his political and trade-union career with the National Union of Workers of the Secretariat of Health. Between 1995 and 1998 he served as that union's general secretary.
In 1998 he was elected president of the FSTSE, an umbrella organization for state workers' unions. He remained in that position until his death in Mexico City on 27 January 2025, shortly after he was sworn in for a further six-year term in December 2024.
Ayala Almeida died in Mexico City on 27 January 2025, at the age of 78.
Electoral history Election Body Representing Congress Term 1979 mid-terms Chamber of Deputies Federal District's 13th51st1979–19821997 mid-terms Chamber of Deputies 1st region57th1997–20002000 general election SenateNational list58th59th 2000–20032003–20062006 general election Chamber of Deputies1st region60th 2006–20092012 general election SenateNational list62nd63rd2012–20152015–2018
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