Biography
He graduated from the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education with a degree in Industrial Engineering and Systems Engineering at the Monterrey campus. He worked for Bachoco from 1980 to 1992. After which he served as president of the Consejo Nacional Agropecuario (the National Agricultural Conference) from 1992 to 1994. In 1994 he formed part of negotiations of the North American Free-Trade Agreement (NAFTA) as negotiator and representative of the private sector. In the same year he was invited to preside the board of directors of Fresh Fresh Del Monte Produce NV until December 1996. He was president of the Consejo Coordinador Empresarial (CCE, Coordination Council of Entrepreneurs). He was elected senator for Sonora for the term 2000 to 2006 but he left this position to campaign for governor in 2003. In 2003 he was elected as the 70th governor of Sonora, representing the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) and replacing Armando López Nogales.
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