Fidel Herrera Beltrán

Fidel Herrera Beltrán (born 7 March 1949) is a Mexican politician and former governor of the state of Veracruz.

Herrera Beltrán was born in Nopaltepec, Veracruz, in 1949. A member of Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), he was elected governor of Veracruz in 2004. Prior to that, he had served in the Chamber of Deputies during the 49th Congress for Cosamaloapan (Veracruz's 12th district), the 51st Congress for Pánuco (Veracruz's 16th), the 55th Congress for Cosamaloapan (Veracruz's 12th) and 57th Congress for Boca del Río (Veracruz's 14th). He was also elected to the Senate for Veracruz in the 2000 general election. He is a lawyer by profession, having attended law school at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).

In 2013, Forbes magazine named Herrera as one of the 10 most corrupt Mexican politicians, citing his alleged links to the Los Zetas drug-trafficking cartel.