Alfonso Durazo

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Alfonso Durazo
27th Governor of Sonora
Assumed office
September 13, 2021
Preceded byClaudia Pavlovich Arellano
1st Secretary of Security and Civilian Protection
In office
1 December 2018 – 30 October 2020
PresidentAndrés Manuel López Obrador
Preceded byRenato Sales Heredia
Succeeded byRosa Icela Rodríguez
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
Proportional representation
Personal details
Born
Alfonso Durazo Montaño

(1954-07-11) 11 July 1954 (age 69)
PhD
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Alfonso Durazo Montaño (born 11 July 1954) is a Mexican

.

Early life and education

Durazo was born in

Metropolitan Autonomous University, a master's degree in public administration from the Sonoran Institute of Public Administration, AC, and a doctorate's degree in public policy from the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education.[1]

Career

From 1992 to 1993, he served as private secretary of the

Luis Donaldo Colosio
. When Colosio became the PRI candidate to the presidency of Mexico, Durazo continued to serve as Colosio's private secretary.

In May 2000, he resigned from the PRI and joined the presidential campaign of Vicente Fox. Fox appointed Durazo as his private secretary after the

spokesman in 2003.[2] Durazo resigned from his positions in 2004 and heavily criticised Fox's administration.[2]

In March 2006, Durazo announced that he will be joining Andrés Manuel López Obrador's presidential campaign. On that year he was nominated Candidate for Senator in his home state, Sonora. In January 2012 he joined again López Obrador's presidential campaign as General Manager in the State of Sonora.

As of 2013, he served as Deputy of the LXII Legislature of the Mexican Congress representing Sonora.

Andrés Manuel López Obrador reestablished the Secretariat of Public Security, previously abolished by the Peña administration, and named Durazo as the head of the agency.

References

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  2. ^ a b "Mexico president's chief of staff resigns". USA Today. 2004-07-05. Retrieved 2010-08-06.

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