Miguel Ángel Yunes Linares

Miguel Ángel Yunes Linares
Yunes Linares in his third term as a federal deputy
59th Governor of Veracruz
In office
December 1, 2016  November 30, 2018
Preceded byFlavino Ríos Alvarado
Succeeded byCuitláhuac García Jiménez
Director General of the ISSSTE
In office
2006–2010
Personal details
Born (1952-12-05) December 5, 1952
Soledad de Doblado, Veracruz
Political partyPRI, PAN
ResidenceVeracruz
Alma materUniversidad Veracruzana
ProfessionLawyer

Miguel Ángel Yunes Linares (born December 5, 1952) is a Mexican politician. He has served three terms in the Chamber of Deputies and was the governor of Veracruz from 2016 to 2018. Most recently he served for the space of a few hours as an alternate senator for the state of Veracruz. He has been a member of both the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), from which he resigned, and the National Action Party (PAN), from which he was expelled.