Mexico
Institutional Revolutionary
member of the Senate of Mexico
government
Manlio Fabio Beltrones Rivera is a Mexican economist and elected official, former member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), a senator from Sonora since September 1, 2024, and a former federal deputy from September 1, 2012, to August 14, 2015. He was the president of the Senate during its 2006 to 2007 session and was reelected to that position for the 2010 to 2011 term. He served as Governor of Sonora from October 22, 1991, to September 12, 1997. He served two terms as federal deputy. He was the President of the Chamber of Deputies from 2004 to 2005. From 2015 to June 2016, he was the president of the Institutional Revolutionary Party.
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Sep 19, 2026
Lean Right
Veteran PRI politician Manlio Fabio Beltrones is reportedly involved in internal discussions about the party's direction.
PRI members view him as an experienced operator who could help rebuild the party, but his past controversies remain a liability.
Jul 30, 2026
Far Left
The senator on leave from the PRI publicly thanked the federal government for reopening the US border to Mexican cattle exports.
Viewed positively by Morena as an example of cross-party support for the administration's successful economic diplomacy.