Carlos Joaquín González

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Carlos Manuel Joaquín González
Joaquín in 2021
8th Governor of Quintana Roo
In office
25 September 2016 – 24 September 2022
Preceded byRoberto Borge Angulo
Succeeded byMara Lezama Espinosa
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
for Quintana Roo′s 3rd district
In office
1 September 2009 – 31 August 2012
Preceded byYolanda Garmendia
Succeeded byGraciela Saldaña Fraire
Municipal President of Solidaridad
In office
10 April 2005 – 9 April 2008
Preceded byJosé Gabriel Mendicuti Loria
Succeeded byEduardo Quian Alcocer
Personal details
Born (1965-01-06) 6 January 1965 (age 59)
Autonomous University of Yucatan (BS
)
OccupationPolitician

Carlos Manuel Joaquín González (born January 6, 1965) is a Mexican politician, the governor of the state of Quintana Roo. From 2009 to 2012 he served as Deputy of the LXI Legislature of the Mexican Congress representing Quintana Roo.[1] In March 2023, he was appointed Ambassador of Mexico to Canada.[2]

Life

Joaquín González was born on January 6, 1965, in

Tec de Monterrey.[1]

In 1999, he became an active member of the

Solidaridad, Quintana Roo (the municipality containing Playa del Carmen) from 2002 to 2005 and was municipal president from 2005 to 2008.[1] Also in 2008, he served as president of the Association of Coastal Municipalities of Mexico.[1]
For one year after leaving Solidaridad, Joaquín González became the secretary of tourism for Quintana Roo.

In 2009, Joaquín González won election to the LXI Legislature as a federal deputy representing the third district of Quintana Roo, which includes Cancún. He presided over the Tourism Commission and served on the Navy and Fishing Commissions during his three years in San Lázaro.[1]

After his time as a federal deputy, Joaquín González was designated as Subsecretary of Operations, and later as Subsecretary of Innovation and Tourist Development, in the

Roberto Borge, who went on to become governor.[5]

On February 9, however, Joaquín González left the PRI after 17 years, claiming that a group within the state party led by Governor

Roberto Borge was not letting him run for governor.[6] One of his exploratory pre-campaign events was shut down by local and state officials for not notifying civil protection authorities.[3] He would later call the state party "closed, corrupt, complicated", exclusive and discriminatory.[7] Two days later, Joaquín González accepted the invitation of the PAN-PRD coalition to become the alliance's candidate for the gubernatorial elections, registering as a member of the latter party.[8][9]

In the gubernatorial elections held on June 5, 2016, Joaquín González and the PAN-PRD alliance defeated Mauricio Góngora, the PRI candidate, by ten percentage points.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Perfil del legislador". Legislative Information System. Retrieved December 7, 2014.
  2. ^ Governor General welcomes new heads of mission to Canada
  3. ^ a b "Perfil: Carlos Joaquín González". El Universal. February 20, 2016. Retrieved June 8, 2016.
  4. ^ Caballero, Sergio (January 14, 2016). "Tras renunciar en Sectur, Carlos Joaquín González va por la candidatura del PRI en Q. Roo". Proceso. Retrieved June 8, 2016.
  5. ^ "Carlos Joaquín, el ex priísta que triunfó en QRoo con la oposición". Milenio. June 6, 2016. Retrieved June 8, 2016.
  6. ^ Morales, Alberto; Rodríguez, Alejandro (February 9, 2016). "Renuncia Carlos Joaquín al Tricolor". El Universal.
  7. ^ Varillas, Adriana (March 18, 2016). "Corrupción y cerrazón del PRI obligaron mi renuncia: Carlos Joaquín". El Universal. Retrieved June 8, 2016.
  8. ^ "Carlos Joaquín se registra como precandidato de PRD a gubernatura de QRoo". Excelsior. February 21, 2016. Retrieved January 4, 2019.
  9. ^ Varillas, Adriana (February 11, 2016). "PAN y PRD se pronuncian por Carlos Joaquín". El Universal. Retrieved June 8, 2016.
  10. ^ El País – Mexico election results, accessed 8 June 2016