Raúl Héctor Castro

Raul Hector Castro ( born June 12, 1916 in Cananea, Mexico ) is a retired American politician (Democratic Party). He was from 1975 to 1977 Governor of the U.S. state of Arizona.

Career

During his childhood, his family immigrated to the United States and settled in Pirtleville. Castro was naturalized in 1939. He also made the same year his Bachelor of Arts degree from Northern Arizona University. He then worked as a civil servant with the United States Foreign Service in the 1940s. Castro made ​​his Juris Doctor in 1949 from the University of Arizona. He then practiced for five years as a lawyer. From 1955 to 1959 he was prosecuting attorney of Pima County. After that, he was from 1959 to 1964 Judge at the Pima County Superior Court

President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed him in 1964 to the United States Ambassador in El Salvador. He held this position until 1968. Subsequently, he was from 1968 to 1969 Ambassador to Bolivia. In 1974, he made ​​history when he was elected as the first Mexican Americans to the Governor of Arizona. He held the office of 6 January 1975 to 20 October 1977. He left early from his office to accept the appointment by President Jimmy Carter as ambassador to Argentina, succeeding Robert C. Hill. He held this position then until 1980.

Since the death of Albert Rosellini in 2011, he is the oldest living former governor of all U.S. states.