Efraín González Morfín

Efraín González-Luna Morfín (June 5, 1929 – October 21, 2012) was a Mexican lawyer and politician who ran for president in the 1970 Mexican general election as a member of the National Action Party.

Early life Born on June 5, 1929, into a marriage between Efraín González Luna (one of the PAN's founders) and Amparo Morfín González, Efraín is the fourth of eight children.

He enrolled in the Society of Jesus' novitiate in the province of Mexico when he was 16 years old. Just before receiving his priestly ordination in 1959, he made the decision to depart as a Jesuit while studying theology in Innsbruck, Austria. He afterwards attended Paris's Sorbonne to study.

Career He served as a federal deputy in the 47th Congress (1967–1970), representing the Federal District's eighth district for the National Action Party. Two years later he assumed the Regional leadership of the National Action Party in the Federal District.