predecessor successor birth_place profession party office name birth_date term_start article_title term_end birth_name
diódoro carrasco altamirano ulises ruiz ortiz ixtepec , oaxaca lawyer institutional revolutionary party governor of oaxaca nelson josé murat casab 18 october 1947 december 1 , 1998 josé murat casab
 november 30 , 2004 nelson josé murat casab
josé murat casab

nelson josé murat casab -lrb- ; born october 18 , 1947 -rrb- is a mexican politician and a member of the institutional revolutionary party .
he was governor of oaxaca and is a diputado federal elected from the ranks of alliance for mexico of institutional revolutionary party-ecologist green party of mexico .
he is of iraqi-assyrian descent , born to an assyrian family from the village of tel keppe .
murat was a controversial governor but a competent political speaker .
after he assumed office on december 1 , 1998 a series of scandals tarnished the governor 's office .
