César Octavio Camacho Quiroz (born 14 February 1959) is a Mexican lawyer and politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party.

He then went to work at the law office of Riva Palacio for a year, leaving that post to enter public administration in the state government.

From 1985 to 1987, he taught at various schools, including the UAEM, Universidad Anáhuac del Norte, UNAM, and at Tec de Monterrey, Campus Toluca.

In 1979, he became the state-level executive coordinator of the National Revolutionary Youth Movement, a PRI organ, and in 1982, he was named Subsecretary of Ideological Dissemination for the party.

[1][2] While in this position, he negotiated during such events as prison riots in Almoloya de Juárez and protests blocking highways in Atenco.

The PRD criticized him for allegedly organizing conflict groups against PRD-friendly municipal governments in Texcoco and Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl.