Joaquín Gamboa Pascoe

Joaquín Gamboa Pascoe (May 30, 1922 – January 7, 2016) was a Mexican trade union leader and politician.

Biography
He had a degree in law from the National Autonomous University of Mexico. Gamboa Pascoe was the general secretary of the Federal District Federation of Workers (in Spanish: Federación de Trabajadores del Distrito Federal, FTDF) and from August 9, 2005, until his death, he was the general secretary of the Confederation of Mexican Workers (CTM), the largest confederation of labor unions in the country.

Gamboa Pascoe was elected to the Senate in 1976, representing the Federal District for the Institutional Revolutionary Party. He ran for reelection in 1988 but lost his bid against Porfirio Muñoz Ledo of the left-wing National Democratic Front (FDN). He also served in the Chamber of Deputies: from 1961 to 1964, representing the Federal District's 18th district, and from 1967 to 1970, representing the Federal District's 13th district.

Gamboa Pascoe died on January 7, 2016, aged 93.